Devel::Cover looking at wrong path.

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

Here is a weird one for you:

hesco@rck-ltsp:~/sb/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/Politics-US-VA-SBEWe
+bServices$pwd
/home/hesco/sb/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServ
+ices
hesco@rck-ltsp:~/sb/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/Politics-US-VA-SBEWe
+bServices$cover -delete
Deleting database /home/hesco/sandbox/DistroPrsRls_www/Politics-US-VA-
+SBEWebServices/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/cover_db
[download]

DistroPrsRls_www is an unrelated project I haven't yet done much work on at all, and none of it recently. Apparently Devel::Cover somehow has its path coded into itself. Does anyone know where I might find such a configuration file for Devel::Cover, so I can straighten out this issue and test the coverage of the module I'm working on now?

Thanks for any clues you might share.

-- Hugh Esco

UPDATE:

Looking for something else, I just came across this old stale symlink which I think explains my strange path issues. Thanks for the ideas.

lrwxrwxrwx   1 hesco hesco   24 2006-07-22 15:44 sb -> sandbox/DistroP
+rsRls_www
[download]

if( $lal && $lol ) { $life++; }

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Re: Devel::Cover looking at wrong path. by Anonymous Monk on Jan 23, 2007 at 01:04 UTC
What does `perl -MCwd -e ' die Cwd::abs_path(shift) ' cover_db` [download] print?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Devel::Cover looking at wrong path. by hesco (Deacon) on Jan 23, 2007 at 01:15 UTC
To answer the question of the anonymous monk: `perl -MCwd -e ' die Cwd::abs_path(shift) ' cover_db /home/hesco/sandbox/DistroPrsRls_www/Politics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/Pol +itics-US-VA-SBEWebServices/cover_db at -e line 1.` [download] Can you clue me in on what that means, please? -- Hugh if( $lal && $lol ) { $life++; }	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Devel::Cover looking at wrong path. by Anonymous Monk on Jan 23, 2007 at 01:59 UTC
If that is not the correct directory, it means your version of Cwd is broken. Try upgrading (install the latest PathTools). It also means that Devel::Cover has been using that file as the default database. You can always specify a different file.	[reply]