access pref. and temp dir on windows

[Larry]

Hi,

I'm coding a little script for windows. I'd like to know how to save some
data on a given preference file and some other data on a temp file. Can it
actually be done?

thanks ever so much

 

[Jürgen Exner]

I'm coding a little script for windows. I'd like to know how to save some
data on a given preference file and some other data on a temp file. Can it
actually be done?

Maybe I don't see the forest for the trees, but what is the problem?

perldoc -f open
perldoc -f print
should have all you need. Maybe also have a look at
perldoc -q temp: "How do I make a temporary file name?"

jue

 

[Larry]

Maybe I don't see the forest for the trees, but what is the problem?

perldoc -f open
perldoc -f print

I am so sorry...I meant to say: where are those directories on windows?

I tried accessing temp dir on win by usinf File::Spec

where the dir for preferences?

thanks

 

[Jürgen Exner]

I am so sorry...I meant to say: where are those directories on windows?

Same place as when programming in any other programming language. Why
would they change location just because you are using Perl?

I tried accessing temp dir on win by usinf File::Spec

where the dir for preferences?

Try "set" from the command line. Usually there are some environment
variables for those values.

jue

 

[Larry]

What do you mean by 'preferences'?

You may want File::HomeDir.

I guess on windows vista it should be: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\... (AppData
supposed to be hidden)

 

[Larry]

File::HomeDir->my_data returns what on a default XP install would be
called

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data

and you can retrieve the non-Local Settings path with

great! that's what I was looking for

 

[Bart Lateur]

I am so sorry...I meant to say: where are those directories on windows?

See File::Temp and File::HomeDir on CPAN.

Less portable, it might not even work on somebody else's PC, is to use
some data available in the environment variables, see %ENV (perlvar).