Using pwd and chdir to move back to previous directory

[rdoneil]

I am in unix and in my perl program, I am trying to move back to the directory the program was originally started in. Obviously, at somepoint in my program it has to move to another directory, and now I want to go back.
I tried this lines of perl at the start of the program:
$directorylocation=`pwd`;

and then this command later on when it is time to move back:

chdir $directorylocation;

and it doesn't work. I have checked that $directorylocation does have the correct path and dir. And when I type in the path and directory like this
chdir "g/g14/rdoneil/test";
this line will work. But I can't get the variable to do the job.
(I have also tried
chdir "$directorylocation"; but no-go)

By the way, another option is just moving up two directories - as that is where the program originally started out. But I am thinking there is no easy way to accomplish this.

[KevinADC]

try this:

chdir ($directorylocation) or die "can't chdir to $directorylocation: $!";

and see if you get an error message.

[eWish]

Can you show us more code. The code that shows where and how $directorylocation is defined. As well as where it is being used with chdir .

Edit: Man, I was to slow.

[mehj123]

I think the problem is that perl's chdir() function is global.. This means that once you use the chdir() function, it changes the directory for the whole program.. I found that File::chdir module can be used to get a solution to this problem. dont know much.. :)

[rdoneil]

I am in unix and in my perl program, I am trying to move back to the directory the program was originally started in. Obviously, at somepoint in my program it has to move to another directory, and now I want to go back.
I tried this lines of perl at the start of the program:
$directorylocation=`pwd`;

and then this command later on when it is time to move back:

chdir $directorylocation;

and it doesn't work. I have checked that $directorylocation does have the correct path and dir. And when I type in the path and directory like this
chdir "g/g14/rdoneil/test";
this line will work. But I can't get the variable to do the job.
(I have also tried
chdir "$directorylocation"; but no-go)

By the way, another option is just moving up two directories - as that is where the program originally started out. But I am thinking there is no easy way to accomplish this.

I solved it!

Instead of just doing this:

$directorylocation=`pwd`;

I now add this line:

chomp($directorylocation);

And it now works just fine!