File::Find and current directory

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

Hey,
I'm writing a backup script, based on File::Find to recurse thru directories and pass files on to Archive::Tar.

Is there any way to find out the complete path of a file (passed as $_) in the sub used in find() ?

Greetz
Beatnik
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Re: File::Find and current directory by davorg (Chancellor) on May 11, 2001 at 15:26 UTC
Let's take a look at the File::Find docs and see what they have to say on the subject... `$File::Find::dir` contains the current directory name, and `$_` the current filename within that directory. `$File::Find::name` contains `"$File::Find::dir/$_"`. You are `chdir()`'d to `$File::Find::dir` when the function is called. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]

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Re: File::Find and current directory
by davorg (Chancellor) on May 11, 2001 at 15:26 UTC

Let's take a look at the File::Find docs and see what they have to say on the subject...

$File::Find::dir contains the current directory name, and $_ the current filename within that directory. $File::Find::name contains "$File::Find::dir/$_". You are chdir()'d to $File::Find::dir when the function is called.

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and the boring jobs bearable" - me

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