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

None of the "top" answers were right for me. The problem with using FindBin '$Bin' or Cwd is that they return absolute path with all symbolic links resolved. In my case I needed the exact path with symbolic links present - the same as returns Unix command "pwd" and not "pwd -P". The following function provides the solution:

sub get_script_full_path {
    use File::Basename;
    use File::Spec;
    use Cwd qw(chdir cwd);
    my $curr_dir = cwd();
    chdir(dirname($0));
    my $dir = $ENV{PWD};
    chdir( $curr_dir);
    return File::Spec->catfile($dir, basename($0));
}