How do I get the full path to a Perl script that is executing?

Question

I have Perl script and need to determine the full path and filename of the script during execution. I discovered that depending on how you call the script $0 va

Answer 1

use strict ; use warnings ; use Cwd 'abs_path';
    sub ResolveMyProductBaseDir { 

        # Start - Resolve the ProductBaseDir
        #resolve the run dir where this scripts is placed
        my $ScriptAbsolutPath = abs_path($0) ; 
        #debug print "\$ScriptAbsolutPath is $ScriptAbsolutPath \n" ;
        $ScriptAbsolutPath =~ m/^(.*)(\\|\/)(.*)\.([a-z]*)/; 
        $RunDir = $1 ; 
        #debug print "\$1 is $1 \n" ;
        #change the \'s to /'s if we are on Windows
        $RunDir =~s/\\/\//gi ; 
        my @DirParts = split ('/' , $RunDir) ; 
        for (my $count=0; $count < 4; $count++) {   pop @DirParts ;     }
        my $ProductBaseDir = join ( '/' , @DirParts ) ; 
        # Stop - Resolve the ProductBaseDir
        #debug print "ResolveMyProductBaseDir $ProductBaseDir is $ProductBaseDir \n" ; 
        return $ProductBaseDir ; 
    } #eof sub