How do I specify the drive/path when writing a file?

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Re: How do I specify the drive/path when writing a file? by Shendal (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2000 at 21:41 UTC
Just specify the drive/path when you're creating the data file. For example: `open(FILE,">c:/temp/file.txt") or die "Unable to open file.txt for wri +ting: $!"; print FILE "woohoo!\n"; close(FILE);` [download] Hope that helps, Shendal	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I specify the drive/path when writing a file? by wardk (Deacon) on Aug 22, 2000 at 01:29 UTC
Not specifically relevent, but something that I needed to keep in mind... In a Windows-centric network environment, you can utilize UNC drive mappings if running across the network. (you should use UNC's whenever possible, users can change drive letter mappings at will!) I.E. If desiring to write to a network resource, try to avoid "drive letter" mappings like `x:\somedirecotryonaserver\subdir\filename <code> <p> and use: </p> <code> \\server\sharename\subdir\filename` [download] In perl, be sure to escape all the slashes, and if your admins use the dollar sign$ for shares, be sure to escape that too! ala `open FH, ">\\\\server\\sharename\$\\subdir\\filename" or die "cannot o +pen file: $!";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]