File path

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

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Re: File path by prasadbabu (Prior) on Jan 19, 2009 at 10:29 UTC
Please see the module File::Which. `use strict; use warnings; use File::Which; my $path = which('notepad.exe'); print $path; output: ------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe` [download] update: It will search only executable files, not all files. :-( Prasad	[reply] [d/l]
Re: File path by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 19, 2009 at 10:29 UTC
`notepad.exe` will always be at `$ENV{WINDIR}\notepad.exe`. Otherwise, I'm not aware of a module that searches `$ENV{PATH}` for an executable, but File::Spec together with the -x operator will do.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: File path by puudeli (Pilgrim) on Jan 19, 2009 at 10:30 UTC
Maybe File::Find or File::Spec could help you depending on what you know about the path in advance? -- `seek $her, $from, $everywhere if exists $true{love};`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: File path by cdarke (Prior) on Jan 19, 2009 at 12:19 UTC
You might also look at Win32::FetchCommand and Win32::SearchPath	[reply]
Re: File path by almut (Canon) on Jan 19, 2009 at 10:29 UTC
`use Cwd 'abs_path'; my $path = abs_path($file);` [download] (Update: though, reading the other replies, I may have misunderstood the question...)	[reply] [d/l]