cwd module

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

Is there a Windows equivalent to the cwd module? When I am using the Perl interpreter in Strawberry Perl, it barfs up when I use cwd in a Perl script. For example:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use cwd;

my $dirname;
$dirname = cwd();
print "$dirname\n";
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Re: cwd module by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 10, 2008 at 15:58 UTC
Your code will barf all the same on Unix. The module is called Cwd (note the upper case C), and it is in the Perl core and available on both, Unix and Windows..	[reply]
Re^2: cwd module by PerlZealot (Acolyte) on Apr 10, 2008 at 16:47 UTC
Oops. Sorry about that. Tried it "Cwd". It worked.	[reply]
Re^2: cwd module by ysth (Canon) on Apr 10, 2008 at 21:25 UTC
No, it barfs differently on Unix, since the import part of `use` silently fails instead of `use` itself failing. -- Online Fortune Cookie Search	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: cwd module by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 10, 2008 at 22:13 UTC
"All the same" is synonymous with "also," (update: or "anyway") not "in the same way." So, though it's as fuzzy as colloquial language often is, it doesn't contradict what you're saying.	[reply]
Re: cwd module by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Apr 10, 2008 at 22:31 UTC
May I recommend File::chdir (yes, note the case :), which makes it simple to not just get the current dir, but also to change dir. And restore it later by just doing `local $CWD = $new_dir;`. /J	[reply] [d/l]