Re: Writing current working directory to $variable

use Cwd;
my $dir = getcwd;
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system() only returns the status code. you can use backticks (`) if you want the output:

my $dir = `pwd`;
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ps. read merlyn's comment below.

-- ar0n || Just Another Perl Joe

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RE: Re: Writing current working directory to $variable by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 27, 2000 at 07:23 UTC
You mean chomp (my $dir = `/bin/pwd`); [download] surely? -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply] [d/l]
RE: Re: Writing current working directory to $variable by Limo (Scribe) on Aug 27, 2000 at 03:27 UTC
this returns: Use of uninitialized value at get-filename.date.pl line 21.	[reply]
RE: RE: Re: Writing current working directory to $variable by Limo (Scribe) on Aug 27, 2000 at 03:33 UTC
never mind.....typo....my bad! Thanks!	[reply]