file_chdir

A more sensible way to change directories

Version

0.1011-2
(2025-12-24)

Size

4.7

KiB

Repository

HaikuPorts
Perl's chdir() has the unfortunate problem of being very, very, very global. If any part of your program calls chdir() or if any library you use calls chdir(), it changes the current working directory for the *whole* program.
This sucks.
File::chdir gives you an alternative, and @CWD. These two variables combine all the power of chdir(), File::Spec and Cwd.