Cwd::Guard(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Cwd::Guard(3pm) NAME Cwd::Guard - Temporary changing working directory (chdir) SYNOPSIS use Cwd::Guard qw/cwd_guard/; use Cwd; my $dir = getcwd; MYBLOCK: { my $guard = cwd_guard('/tmp/xxxxx') or die "failed chdir: $Cwd::Guard::Error"; # chdir to /tmp/xxxxx } # back to $dir DESCRIPTION CORE::chdir Cwd:: Guard can change the current directory (chdir) using a limited scope. FUNCTIONS cwd_guard($dir); chdir to $dir and returns Cwd::Guard object. return to current working directory, if this object destroyed. if failed to chdir, cwd_guard return undefined value. You can get error messages with $Gwd::Guard::Error. AUTHOR Masahiro Nagano SEE ALSO File::chdir, File::pushd LICENSE Copyright (C) Masahiro Nagano This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.38.0 2023-07-25 Cwd::Guard(3pm)