directory path for full file name on ftp for cgi script

[johns0]

Hi,i just got my own domain and in trying to put a counter on my site using a cgi script and i need to know how to get the full path name of my files on my server,the script requires a path name like "$imagefile{'0'}="/home/yourdomain/counter/0.gif".

[sterno]

Log in with command-line ftp and type "pwd".

[johns0]

Tried that but only gave me "/",need the absolute path,thanks for the help.I got this script from my shaw server,can anbody run it to see if it works for them,i get errors trying and shaw cant help.
The absolute path (the directory path with reference to the server’s root directory) for your webspace can be determined by printing the $0 (dollar sign, zero) variable from within a script. The following script prints the $0 variable:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
print "$0";
The string returned by the script will look like this:


/01/23/mydomain.com/cgi-bin/nameofscript.pl
Therefore, the absolute path to the webspace for this domain is /01/23/mydomain.com/.