1File::Spec::Win32(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::Spec::Win32(3pm)
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NAME

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

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

12       See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there.
13       This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the
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16       devnull
17           Returns a string representation of the null device.
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19       tmpdir
20           Returns a string representation of the first existing directory
21           from the following list:
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23               $ENV{TMPDIR}
24               $ENV{TEMP}
25               $ENV{TMP}
26               SYS:/temp
27               C:\system\temp
28               C:/temp
29               /tmp
30               /
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32           The SYS:/temp is preferred in Novell NetWare and the C:\system\temp
33           for Symbian (the File::Spec::Win32 is used also for those plat‐
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36           Since Perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if the environ‐
37           ment variables are tainted, they are not used.
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39       catfile
40           Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
41           complete path ending with a filename
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43       canonpath
44           No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a
45           path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.".
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49                   dir1\dir2\dir3\...\dir4   -> \dir\dir4
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51       splitpath
52               ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
53               ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );
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55           Splits a path into volume, directory, and filename portions.
56           Assumes that the last file is a path unless the path ends in '\\',
57           '\\.', '\\..'  or $no_file is true.  On Win32 this means that
58           $no_file true makes this return ( $volume, $path, '' ).
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60           Separators accepted are \ and /.
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62           Volumes can be drive letters or UNC sharenames (\\server\share).
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64           The results can be passed to "catpath" to get back a path equiva‐
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67       splitdir
68           The opposite of catdir().
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70               @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );
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72           $directories must be only the directory portion of the path on sys‐
73           tems that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax
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76           Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, leading
77           empty and trailing directory entries can be returned, because these
78           are significant on some OSs. So,
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86       catpath
87           Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire
88           path. Under Unix, $volume is ignored, and this is just like cat‐
89           file(). On other OSs, the $volume become significant.
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91       Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
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93       Novell NetWare inherits its File::Spec behaviour from
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97       Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters.  All rights reserved.
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99       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
100       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

103       See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix.  This package overrides the imple‐
104       mentation of these methods, not the semantics.
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