Change Directory.

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

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Re: Change Directory. by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 07, 2008 at 10:17 UTC
See chdir. What you are doing is changing the directory for the subshell. At the end of the `system()` call, the subshell exits and the current directory for your application remains unchanged.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Change Directory. by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 07, 2008 at 10:17 UTC
Perhaps you want to look at using chdir. In answers to your previous posts people have pointed you towards http://perldoc.perl.org, perhaps you would benefit from spending some time reading up on some of the basics. There is also the tutorials section of this site, which has plenty of good resources. Hope this helps Martin	[reply]
Re^2: Change Directory. by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Aug 07, 2008 at 10:25 UTC
Maybe, in addition to perldoc (which, to be fair, isn't the most rivetting read), he ought to consider investing in a copy of Learning Perl &/or Programming Perl &/or Perl In A Nutshell ?? .oO(Crackin' good book, that last one) A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re: Change Directory. by jdporter (Paladin) on Aug 07, 2008 at 13:52 UTC
How do I move into a directory?	[reply]
Re: Change Directory. by actualize (Monk) on Aug 07, 2008 at 15:37 UTC
What are you trying to do with your program? You should probably avoid using system. I mean, if you are going to use perl, why program in shell? -Actualize	[reply]