06-04-2009
where did you start with the os you work right now? i think you also started with the basics?! believe it, 90-95% of admin work in unix is checking files, creating files, moving files (and dirs) on a mashine or to another mashine and so on...
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file::homedir::unix
File::HomeDir::Unix(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation File::HomeDir::Unix(3)
NAME
File::HomeDir::Unix - Find your home and other directories on legacy Unix
SYNOPSIS
use File::HomeDir;
# Find directories for the current user
$home = File::HomeDir->my_home; # /home/mylogin
$desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop; # All of these will...
$docs = File::HomeDir->my_documents; # ...default to home...
$music = File::HomeDir->my_music; # ...directory
$pics = File::HomeDir->my_pictures; #
$videos = File::HomeDir->my_videos; #
$data = File::HomeDir->my_data; #
DESCRIPTION
This module provides implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via
File::HomeDir.
SUPPORT
See the support section the main File::HomeDir module.
AUTHORS
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>
SEE ALSO
File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Win32 (legacy)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.
Some parts copyright 2000 Sean M. Burke.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.16.3 2012-10-19 File::HomeDir::Unix(3)