A file's directory

[User At Domain Dot Invalid]

Given a file name (possibl a path to it given as well), is there a way
to get or extract the name of the directory the file is in?

 

[Jürgen Exner]

Given a file name (possibl a path to it given as well), is there a way
to get or extract the name of the directory the file is in?

Sure, just do a File::Find starting at /.
Remember, there may be many files with the same name.

jue

 

[Paul Lalli]

Given a file name (possibl a path to it given as well), is there a way
to get or extract the name of the directory the file is in?

Assuming you're looking for the directory part of the path (so that a pure
filename would return "." as the directory):


#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;

my $dir = dirname($ARGV[0]);

print "Directory of $ARGV[0] is $dir\n";

__END__



Paul Lalli

 

[Tore Aursand]

Given a file name (possibl a path to it given as well), is there a way
to get or extract the name of the directory the file is in?

If you know the location of the file (ie. the path), you can use
File::Basename to extract only the directory part.

If you don't know where the file is (ie. you don't know that path), you
need to search for it. Take a look at File::Find and File::Find::Rule.


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