Re^2: absolute pathname

rel2abs() has problems with volumes:

If $base is not present or ТТ, then Cwd::cwd() is used. If $base is relative, then it is converted to absolute form using "rel2abs()". This means that it is taken to be relative to Cwd::cwd(). On systems with the concept of volume, if $path and $base appear to be on two different volumes, we will not attempt to resolve the two paths, and we will instead simply return $path.

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Re^3: absolute pathname by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 12, 2008 at 21:44 UTC
That doesn't ~~seem to~~ apply to Windows. `D:\>perl c:script.pl C:\path\script.pl D:\>perl c:..\ikegami\script.pl C:\path\script.pl` [download] I could still apply to other systems, though (VMS?) Update: Looking at the source, it uses `getdcwd` (as opposed to `getcwd`) with the appropriate volume, returning the correct path even when different volumes are involved.	[reply] [d/l] [select]