I would not call the \docs an absolute path under Windows. Only the F:\docs and the UNC is absolute. All the rest is relative to something. F: to the current directory on the F: drive, docs to the current directory on the current drive, F:docs to the current directory on the F: drive and the \docs to the current drive.

In either the case it seems to me like the OP wanted to change the current directory of the process that started the script. Something like: 

c:\some\silly\directory> perl find_something.pl params
blah blah blah, I found it.
c:\other\dir>

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That's AFAIK not possible. Though at times would be nice.

Jenda
Enoch was right!
Enjoy the last years of Rome.

In reply to Re^2: Change Working Directory in Windows! by Jenda
in thread Change Working Directory in Windows! by ccdoub

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