Re^6: Cannot open a file using a relative path

It seems that i have mistaken uris as relative paths!!

Iam not quite sure i have understood the 2nd paragraph though....

If only i could use a way to try to open files with relative apths that would be very nice.

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Re^7: Cannot open a file using a relative path by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 24, 2007 at 23:20 UTC
If only i could use a way to try to open files with relative apths that would be very nice. In Windows, any path that doesn't start with `/`, `\` or `d``:\` (for some letter d) is a relative path `# Relative to the current dir on the current drive open(my $fh, '<', 'file') open(my $fh, '<', './file') open(my $fh, '<', '../file') open(my $fh, '<', '../dir/file') open(my $fh, '<', 'dir/file') # Relative to the current dir on the drive c: open(my $fh, '<', 'c:file') open(my $fh, '<', 'c:./file') open(my $fh, '<', 'c:../file') open(my $fh, '<', 'c:../dir/file') open(my $fh, '<', 'c:dir/file')` [download] Like the commments indicate, they're not relative to DocumentRoot. Mind you, you could `chdir` to DocumentRoot, at which point they will effectively be relative to DocumentRoot.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^7: Cannot open a file using a relative path
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 24, 2007 at 23:20 UTC

If only i could use a way to try to open files with relative apths that would be very nice.

In Windows, any path that doesn't start with /, \ or d:\ (for some letter d) is a relative path

# Relative to the current dir on the current drive
open(my $fh, '<', 'file')
open(my $fh, '<', './file')
open(my $fh, '<', '../file')
open(my $fh, '<', '../dir/file')
open(my $fh, '<', 'dir/file')

# Relative to the current dir on the drive c:
open(my $fh, '<', 'c:file')
open(my $fh, '<', 'c:./file')
open(my $fh, '<', 'c:../file')
open(my $fh, '<', 'c:../dir/file')
open(my $fh, '<', 'c:dir/file')
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Like the commments indicate, they're not relative to DocumentRoot. Mind you, you could chdir to DocumentRoot, at which point they will effectively be relative to DocumentRoot.

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