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- package File::Spec;
-
- use strict;
- use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
-
- $VERSION = '0.8';
-
- my %module = (MacOS => 'Mac',
- MSWin32 => 'Win32',
- os2 => 'OS2',
- VMS => 'VMS');
-
- my $module = $module{$^O} || 'Unix';
- require "File/Spec/$module.pm";
- @ISA = ("File::Spec::$module");
-
- 1;
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use File::Spec;
-
- $x=File::Spec->catfile('a', 'b', 'c');
-
- which returns 'a/b/c' under Unix. Or:
-
- use File::Spec::Functions;
-
- $x = catfile('a', 'b', 'c');
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This module is designed to support operations commonly performed on file
- specifications (usually called "file names", but not to be confused with the
- contents of a file, or Perl's file handles), such as concatenating several
- directory and file names into a single path, or determining whether a path
- is rooted. It is based on code directly taken from MakeMaker 5.17, code
- written by Andreas KE<ouml>nig, Andy Dougherty, Charles Bailey, Ilya
- Zakharevich, Paul Schinder, and others.
-
- Since these functions are different for most operating systems, each set of
- OS specific routines is available in a separate module, including:
-
- File::Spec::Unix
- File::Spec::Mac
- File::Spec::OS2
- File::Spec::Win32
- File::Spec::VMS
-
- The module appropriate for the current OS is automatically loaded by
- File::Spec. Since some modules (like VMS) make use of facilities available
- only under that OS, it may not be possible to load all modules under all
- operating systems.
-
- Since File::Spec is object oriented, subroutines should not called directly,
- as in:
-
- File::Spec::catfile('a','b');
-
- but rather as class methods:
-
- File::Spec->catfile('a','b');
-
- For simple uses, L<File::Spec::Functions> provides convenient functional
- forms of these methods.
-
- For a list of available methods, please consult L<File::Spec::Unix>,
- which contains the entire set, and which is inherited by the modules for
- other platforms. For further information, please see L<File::Spec::Mac>,
- L<File::Spec::OS2>, L<File::Spec::Win32>, or L<File::Spec::VMS>.
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Win32,
- File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Functions, ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-
- =head1 AUTHORS
-
- Kenneth Albanowski <F<kjahds@kjahds.com>>, Andy Dougherty
- <F<doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>>, Andreas KE<ouml>nig
- <F<A.Koenig@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE>>, Tim Bunce <F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>>. VMS
- support by Charles Bailey <F<bailey@newman.upenn.edu>>. OS/2 support by
- Ilya Zakharevich <F<ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>>. Mac support by Paul Schinder
- <F<schinder@pobox.com>>. abs2rel() and rel2abs() written by
- Shigio Yamaguchi <F<shigio@tamacom.com>>, modified by Barrie Slaymaker
- <F<barries@slaysys.com>>. splitpath(), splitdir(), catpath() and catdir()
- by Barrie Slaymaker.
-