Where Am I: Finding absolute path

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

I need to determine the absolute path of a directory in a variable, such as in $0. I'm already using fileparse, but sometimes it returns a relative path for the directory. I vaguely recall some module or trick to get the absolute one, but can't remember enough to find it.

Can someone help me?

-QM
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Re: Where Am I: Finding absolute path by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Aug 19, 2006 at 01:25 UTC
You probably want the FindBin module or perhaps File::Spec->rel2abs() or Cwd::realpath().	[reply]
Re: Where Am I: Finding absolute path by swampyankee (Parson) on Aug 19, 2006 at 02:10 UTC
I'd use Cwd and its getcwd to get the absolute path of the current directory; given this and the relative path to the file getting the file's complete path is straightforward. emc Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Sanders Law	[reply]
Re: Where Am I: Finding absolute path by mickeyn (Priest) on Aug 19, 2006 at 05:50 UTC
`use FindBin qw($Bin);` [download] $Bin is what your path ... Enjoy, Mickey	[reply] [d/l]