Re^3: file::find usage with apache question

[Corion]

in reply to Re^2: file::find usage with apache question
in thread file::find usage with apache question

Your approach assumes that the "current working directory" is predictable. It usually isn't, so using absolute path names eliminates one more point of guesswork when debugging a (new) server environment.

[Yoshiro]

Thank you Aaron and Corion

Aaron, I have tried at first 'myDir' without slashes but it didn't work. I realize now it was because my script was running from 'cgi-bin' so it was looking in '/cgi-bin/myDir'.

Corion, a good observation, noted.

Yoshiro

[tinita]

well, if you are running this in a cgi script, another possibility would be using FindBin to avoid an absolute path.
find(..., "$FindBin::Bin/../myDir");

[Yoshiro]

Thank you tinita,

An idea worth considering.

Yoshiro

[aaron_baugher]

Agreed, using an absolute pathname is best. The only time I'd use a relative one in a case like this were if I had already used chdir with an absolute path to switch to a particular directory that contained multiple subdirectories for different kinds of things; then I'd use relative paths to access those subdirectories.