File::Spec::Win32Perl Programmers Reference File::Spec::Win32(3p)NAMEFile::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
SYNOPSIS
require File::Spec::Win32; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
DESCRIPTION
See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods pro-
vided there. This package overrides the implementation of
these methods, not the semantics.
devnull
Returns a string representation of the null device.
tmpdir
Returns a string representation of the first existing
directory from the following list:
$ENV{TMPDIR}
$ENV{TEMP}
$ENV{TMP}
SYS:/temp
C:\system\temp
C:/temp
/tmp
/
The SYS:/temp is preferred in Novell NetWare and the
C:\system\temp for Symbian (the File::Spec::Win32 is
used also for those platforms).
Since Perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if
the environment variables are tainted, they are not
used.
catfile
Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename
to form a complete path ending with a filename
canonpath
No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical
cleanup of a path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes
and successive "/.". On Win32 makes
dir1\dir2\dir3\..\..\dir4 -> \dir\dir4 and even
dir1\dir2\dir3\...\dir4 -> \dir\dir4
splitpath
($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );
Splits a path into volume, directory, and filename
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portions. Assumes that the last file is a path unless
the path ends in '\\', '\\.', '\\..' or $no_file is
true. On Win32 this means that $no_file true makes this
return ( $volume, $path, '' ).
Separators accepted are \ and /.
Volumes can be drive letters or UNC sharenames
(\\server\share).
The results can be passed to "catpath" to get back a
path equivalent to (usually identical to) the original
path.
splitdir
The opposite of catdir().
@dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );
$directories must be only the directory portion of the
path on systems that have the concept of a volume or
that have path syntax that differentiates files from
directories.
Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator,
leading empty and trailing directory entries can be
returned, because these are significant on some OSs. So,
File::Spec->splitdir( "/a/b/c" );
Yields:
( '', 'a', 'b', '', 'c', '' )
catpath
Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an
entire path. Under Unix, $volume is ignored, and this is
just like catfile(). On other OSs, the $volume become
significant.
Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
Novell NetWare inherits its File::Spec behaviour from
File::Spec::Win32.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters. All rights
reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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File::Spec::Win32Perl Programmers Reference File::Spec::Win32(3p)SEE ALSO
See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix. This package overrides
the implementation of these methods, not the semantics.
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