Adding to an end of path

splitOnce has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi , I have this guy

$path = RTE/hull/TR;
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I want to add a new dir at the end of this path somthing like this :

$path = RTE/hull/TR/newDir;
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I am doing somthing like this but don's seem to work:

$paht =~ s/$/\/newDir/g;
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thanks

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Re: Adding to an end of path by sschneid (Deacon) on Jul 30, 2002 at 21:30 UTC
How about just... `$path = 'RTE/hull/TR'; $path .= '/newDir';` [download] No need for substitution. scott.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Adding to an end of path by thelenm (Vicar) on Jul 30, 2002 at 21:36 UTC
The advice to use concatenation instead of substitution is good. That said, I can only see one reason why your code wouldn't work: you misspelled `$path` as `$paht`. Using `strict` will catch errors like that for you. Also, the `/g` regex modifier is unnecessary in this case. Update: Oops, two reasons. You should have quotes around "RTE/hull/TR" as well. -- Mike `-- just,my${.02}`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Adding to an end of path by splitOnce (Acolyte) on Jul 30, 2002 at 21:37 UTC
thank ya all	[reply]
Re: Adding to an end of path by jk2addict (Chaplain) on Jul 30, 2002 at 21:53 UTC
Personally, I always use the File::Spec module, specifically the File::Spec->catfile method, for any path creation, tinkering. Anytime I try to do it myself, it always bites me in the butt for various reasons, spelling, unexpected input,etc. Plus, this way, the path could be more portable across file systems/platforms (should it ever be necessary) where the seperator is not "/". Just my $0.00002 worth. -=Chris	[reply]
Re: Adding to an end of path by silent11 (Vicar) on Jul 30, 2002 at 21:31 UTC
Why not ... `$path = 'RTE/hull/TR'; $new_dir = '/newDir'; $new_path = $path . $new_dir;` [download] -Silent11	[reply] [d/l]