File::Spec::Win32(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::Spec::Win32(3p) #

File::Spec::Win32(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::Spec::Win32(3p)

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 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs

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  require File::Spec::Win32; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed

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 See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided 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).

     If running under taint mode, and if the environment variables are
     tainted, they are not used.

 case_tolerant
     MSWin32 case-tolerance depends on GGeettVVoolluummeeIInnffoorrmmaattiioonn(()) $ouFsFlags
     == FS_CASE_SENSITIVE, indicating the case significance when comparing
     file specifications.  Since XP FS_CASE_SENSITIVE is effectively
     disabled for the NT subsubsystem.  See
     <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00891.html> Default: 1

 file_name_is_absolute
     As of right now, this returns 2 if the path is absolute with a
     volume, 1 if it's absolute with no volume, 0 otherwise.

 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 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 ccaattddiirr(()).

         @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 ccaattffiillee(()). On
     other OSs, the $volume become significant.

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 Copyright (c) 2004,2007 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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 See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix.  This package overrides the
 implementation of these methods, not the semantics.

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