Construction of a directory (path)

jeanluca has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks

I've this minor problem with File::Spec, and it has todo with the construction of, lets say /usr/local/ABC/
This doesn't work:

use File::Spec ;
use lib File::Spec->catfile( qw( use local ABC ) ) ;
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Because its result is:use lib usr/loca/ABC
I need a / at the beginning. If I drop the qw I can do it also like this:
use lib File::Spec->catfile("","usr","local"ABC") ;
I can imagine this is not the best way or is it ?

Thanks in advance
Luca

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Re: Construction of a directory (path) by adrianh (Chancellor) on Feb 17, 2006 at 11:04 UTC
`File::Spec->catfile( File::Spec->rootdir, qw( use local ABC ) ) ;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Construction of a directory (path) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 17, 2006 at 11:04 UTC
`use lib File::Spec->rootdir() . File::Spec->catfile(qw(usr local ABC));`	[reply] [d/l]