concatenate the result of cwd() and basename($0) with intervening "/" to get the full path of the script in a OS independent way.

What does the value of Cwd::cwd() have to do with the path of the Perl script? There's no general correlation.

C:\WINDOWS>type C:\Temp\WhereAmI.pl
#!perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Cwd;
use English;
use File::Basename;

my $basename = File::Basename::basename($PROGRAM_NAME);
my $abs_path = Cwd::abs_path($PROGRAM_NAME);
my $dirname  = File::Basename::dirname($abs_path);
my $cwd      = Cwd::cwd();

print "\$PROGRAM_NAME:                            $PROGRAM_NAME\n";
print "\$File::Basename::basename(\$PROGRAM_NAME): $basename\n";
print "\$Cwd::abs_path(\$PROGRAM_NAME):            $abs_path\n";
print "\$File::Basename::dirname(\$abs_path):      $dirname\n";
print "\$Cwd::cwd():                              $cwd\n";

exit 0;

C:\WINDOWS>perl \Temp\WhereAmI.pl
$PROGRAM_NAME:                            \Temp\WhereAmI.pl
$File::Basename::basename($PROGRAM_NAME): WhereAmI.pl
$Cwd::abs_path($PROGRAM_NAME):            C:/Temp/WhereAmI.pl
$File::Basename::dirname($abs_path):      C:/Temp
$Cwd::cwd():                              C:/WINDOWS

C:\WINDOWS>

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In reply to Re^2: Perl Script own path by Jim
in thread Perl Script own path by muzammil18

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