Re: Re (3): opening new file in different directory

So wd you recommend, say, having a function that "sandwiches" each file operation between a pair of chdirs? I do quite a lot of reading and writing, but I also pick up a lot of files (templates and so on). At the moment I keep all the auxiliary files in the same dir as the script and refer to them by name only, no explicit path.

/me scratches head and wonders whether I shd use explicit file paths for *everything* I refer to from my script. Wd that be considered good practice?

§ George Sherston

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Re (5): opening new file in different directory by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Oct 23, 2001 at 19:53 UTC
Ah, I'll give you the best answer ever in computing: It depends. Explicit paths for everything in your program sounds like overkill, since you have to maintain the paths and may end up with big headaches if you ever move stuff around. Personally, I'd organize the files so I wouldn't have to do a lot of chdir'ing. Then set the path once and go about the rest of the business. But I don't want to make a blanket statement about how to organize files and i/o without knowing a whole lot more about what you're doing. (Not that I want to know -- I've got enough problems of my own. ;-) HTH	[reply]

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Re (5): opening new file in different directory
by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Oct 23, 2001 at 19:53 UTC

Ah, I'll give you the best answer ever in computing:

It depends.

Explicit paths for everything in your program sounds like overkill, since you have to maintain the paths and may end up with big headaches if you ever move stuff around.

Personally, I'd organize the files so I wouldn't have to do a lot of chdir'ing. Then set the path once and go about the rest of the business. But I don't want to make a blanket statement about how to organize files and i/o without knowing a whole lot more about what you're doing. (Not that I want to know -- I've got enough problems of my own. ;-)

HTH

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