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Re^3: Cwd's abs_path not working with filetests?

by Eliya (Vicar)
on Nov 26, 2013 at 11:28 UTC ( [id://1064393]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Cwd's abs_path not working with filetests?
in thread Cwd's abs_path not working with filetests?

but isn't this kinda defeating a purpose of abs_path()?

I think you've misunderstood the purpose of abs_path(). It resolves any symlinks along the given path and returns the canonicalized "absolute" path with all symlinks removed (see also "man realpath").

If you give it a relative path, it assumes it's relative to the CWD (as usual), not to whatever readdir() is currently processing...

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Re^4: Cwd's abs_path not working with filetests?
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 26, 2013 at 12:17 UTC
    Yeah, you're right. I thought abs_path is an easy way out for arbitrary filetesting. Well, I was wrong.

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