I want to find out the current directory of the perl script I'm in e.g 
use Cwd;
print cwd()."\n";

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However, the above code tells you where the script is being executed from so 
# /usr/local/src/perl/> perl test.pl
/usr/local/src/perl

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works fine and dandy but this isn't so good 
# /home/foobar/> perl /usr/local/src/perl/test.pl
/home/foobar

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as I still want to get /usr/local/src/perl as that's where it lives.
Is there a nice perl-y way of doing this? Or am I going to have to resort to the dark arts of 'nasty hacking'?

broquaint

In reply to Where the perl scripts live... by broquaint

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