relative path

[Jan Eden]

Hi,

I wrote some scripts using File::Find's find function like this

find (\&process, $path)

I get $path either from the command line or from a default string. Now how can I enable my scripts to deal with relative pathnames? Right now, the script complains not being able to process (open etc.) the files if I do not specify an absolute path.

Is there a simple way to convert relative paths to absolute ones?

Thanks,

Jan
--
There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary, and those who don't

[James Edward Gray II]

On Jan 19, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Jan Eden wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wrote some scripts using File::Find's find function like this
>
> find (\&process, $path)
>
> I get $path either from the command line or from a default string. Now
> how can I enable my scripts to deal with relative pathnames? Right
> now, the script complains not being able to process (open etc.) the
> files if I do not specify an absolute path.
>
> Is there a simple way to convert relative paths to absolute ones?

Sure is:

use File::Spec;
my $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $rel_path );

Hope that helps.

James

[Jan Eden]

James Edward Gray II wrote:

>On Jan 19, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Jan Eden wrote:
>

>>Hi,
>>
>>I wrote some scripts using File::Find's find function like this
>>
>>find (\&process, $path)
>>
>>I get $path either from the command line or from a default string.
>>Now how can I enable my scripts to deal with relative pathnames?
>>Right now, the script complains not being able to process (open
>>etc.) the files if I do not specify an absolute path.
>>
>>Is there a simple way to convert relative paths to absolute ones?

>
>Sure is:
>
>use File::Spec; my $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $rel_path );
>
>Hope that helps.

It certainly does. Thanks! I always hesitate to use perldoc, since the system is so crippled on my machine.

'perldoc perldoc' does not work, and the whole perlfaq is missing (on OS 10.3).

Unfortunately, rel2abs and abs2rel are not mentioned in either Perl in a Nutshell or Programming Perl.

Thanks again,

Jan
--
How many Microsoft engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. They just redefine "dark" as the new standard.

[James Edward Gray II]

On Jan 19, 2004, at 9:53 AM, Jan Eden wrote:

> I always hesitate to use perldoc, since the system is so crippled on
> my machine.
>
> 'perldoc perldoc' does not work, and the whole perlfaq is missing (on
> OS 10.3).

You probably know this, but just to be sure, this is not normal.
'perldoc' works beautifully on OS X (all versions) out of the box.

I imagine you could fix it by upgrading/reinstalling Perl, if you're
interested.

Alternately, try:

[url]http://www.perldoc.com/[/url]

James

[Jan Eden]

James Edward Gray II wrote:

>On Jan 19, 2004, at 9:53 AM, Jan Eden wrote:
>

>> I always hesitate to use perldoc, since the system is so crippled on
>> my machine.
>>
>> 'perldoc perldoc' does not work, and the whole perlfaq is missing (on
>> OS 10.3).

>
>You probably know this, but just to be sure, this is not normal.
>'perldoc' works beautifully on OS X (all versions) out of the box.
>

That's what I suspected and what I heard.

>I imagine you could fix it by upgrading/reinstalling Perl, if you're
>interested.
>

Can I reinstall Perl (just Perl) from the OS X CDs?

>Alternately, try:
>
>[url]http://www.perldoc.com/[/url]
>

This will help for now. Thank you.

- Jan
--
The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is the day they start selling vacuum cleaners.

[James Edward Gray II]

On Jan 19, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Jan Eden wrote:

>> I imagine you could fix it by upgrading/reinstalling Perl, if you're
>> interested.
>>

> Can I reinstall Perl (just Perl) from the OS X CDs?

Unfortunately, I don't believe you can. Sorry.

James

[Daniel Staal]

--As off Monday, January 19, 2004 5:50 PM +0100, Jan Eden is alleged
to have said:

>> I imagine you could fix it by upgrading/reinstalling Perl, if
>> you're interested.
>>

> Can I reinstall Perl (just Perl) from the OS X CDs?

--As for the rest, it is mine.

Yes, if you get the program Pacifist. It can extract partial
installs out of the general installers.

But I'd try a permissions repair first; it often fixes this sort of
thing.

One other thing, perldoc is actually a part of the Developer Tools
(eg, XCode) install, not the normal OS X install. If you haven't
installed that then that could be the problem. (Perl itself is part
of the base system, but you only need the docs if you are a
developer.)

Daniel T. Staal

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[Jan Eden]

Daniel Staal wrote:

>One other thing, perldoc is actually a part of the Developer Tools
>(eg, XCode) install, not the normal OS X install. If you haven't
>installed that then that could be the problem. (Perl itself is part
>of the base system, but you only need the docs if you are a
>developer.)
>

Ha! I turned off my computer for two hours and thought about it. Then I remembered installing the devtools but omitting the giant developer tools documentation. I guess that's my problem. Will install the docs tomorrow morning and see if it works.

Thanks Daniel and James for your help.

- Jan
--
Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. - Groucho Marx

[frank]

Hi there!

Is it possible to make relative path on images import with " Link to
external file " option???

Any tips or any links??

ps: I'm a poor little beginner in 3D lingo scripting.

[paul]

I'm not quite certain I've read your question correctly, but you may be
looking for this:
the moviepath
or
the applicationpath
or even
importfileinto

"frank" <fjunquas@svenson.gp> wrote in message
news:buh6kr$emd$2@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi there!
>
> Is it possible to make relative path on images import with " Link to
> external file " option???
>
> Any tips or any links??
>
> ps: I'm a poor little beginner in 3D lingo scripting.
>
>
>