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270d1e39 1package File::Spec::Mac;
2
270d1e39 3use strict;
b4296952 4use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
cbc7acb0 5require File::Spec::Unix;
b4296952 6
07824bd1 7$VERSION = '1.4';
b4296952 8
270d1e39 9@ISA = qw(File::Spec::Unix);
270d1e39 10
bcdb689b 11my $macfiles;
12if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
13 $macfiles = eval { require Mac::Files };
14}
be708cc0 15
e021ab8e 16sub case_tolerant { 1 }
17
18
270d1e39 19=head1 NAME
20
2586ba89 21File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
270d1e39 22
23=head1 SYNOPSIS
24
cbc7acb0 25 require File::Spec::Mac; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
270d1e39 26
27=head1 DESCRIPTION
28
29Methods for manipulating file specifications.
30
31=head1 METHODS
32
33=over 2
34
35=item canonpath
36
2586ba89 37On Mac OS, there's nothing to be done. Returns what it's given.
270d1e39 38
39=cut
40
41sub canonpath {
cbc7acb0 42 my ($self,$path) = @_;
43 return $path;
270d1e39 44}
45
59605c55 46=item catdir()
270d1e39 47
be708cc0 48Concatenate two or more directory names to form a path separated by colons
2586ba89 49(":") ending with a directory. Resulting paths are B<relative> by default,
45657e91 50but can be forced to be absolute (but avoid this, see below). Automatically
51puts a trailing ":" on the end of the complete path, because that's what's
52done in MacPerl's environment and helps to distinguish a file path from a
2586ba89 53directory path.
54
45657e91 55B<IMPORTANT NOTE:> Beginning with version 1.3 of this module, the resulting
56path is relative by default and I<not> absolute. This descision was made due
57to portability reasons. Since C<File::Spec-E<gt>catdir()> returns relative paths
58on all other operating systems, it will now also follow this convention on Mac
2586ba89 59OS. Note that this may break some existing scripts.
be708cc0 60
61The intended purpose of this routine is to concatenate I<directory names>.
62But because of the nature of Macintosh paths, some additional possibilities
63are allowed to make using this routine give reasonable results for some
64common situations. In other words, you are also allowed to concatenate
65I<paths> instead of directory names (strictly speaking, a string like ":a"
66is a path, but not a name, since it contains a punctuation character ":").
67
be708cc0 68So, beside calls like
69
2586ba89 70 catdir("a") = ":a:"
71 catdir("a","b") = ":a:b:"
72 catdir() = "" (special case)
be708cc0 73
74calls like the following
270d1e39 75
2586ba89 76 catdir(":a:") = ":a:"
77 catdir(":a","b") = ":a:b:"
78 catdir(":a:","b") = ":a:b:"
79 catdir(":a:",":b:") = ":a:b:"
80 catdir(":") = ":"
270d1e39 81
be708cc0 82are allowed.
270d1e39 83
5813de03 84Here are the rules that are used in C<catdir()>; note that we try to be as
85compatible as possible to Unix:
2586ba89 86
87=over 2
88
2586ba89 89=item 1.
2586ba89 90
5813de03 91The resulting path is relative by default, i.e. the resulting path will have a
92leading colon.
2586ba89 93
94=item 2.
2586ba89 95
5813de03 96A trailing colon is added automatically to the resulting path, to denote a
97directory.
2586ba89 98
99=item 3.
2586ba89 100
5813de03 101Generally, each argument has one leading ":" and one trailing ":"
102removed (if any). They are then joined together by a ":". Special
103treatment applies for arguments denoting updir paths like "::lib:",
104see (4), or arguments consisting solely of colons ("colon paths"),
105see (5).
270d1e39 106
2586ba89 107=item 4.
5813de03 108
109When an updir path like ":::lib::" is passed as argument, the number
110of directories to climb up is handled correctly, not removing leading
111or trailing colons when necessary. E.g.
270d1e39 112
2586ba89 113 catdir(":::a","::b","c") = ":::a::b:c:"
114 catdir(":::a::","::b","c") = ":::a:::b:c:"
270d1e39 115
2586ba89 116=item 5.
5813de03 117
118Adding a colon ":" or empty string "" to a path at I<any> position
119doesn't alter the path, i.e. these arguments are ignored. (When a ""
120is passed as the first argument, it has a special meaning, see
121(6)). This way, a colon ":" is handled like a "." (curdir) on Unix,
122while an empty string "" is generally ignored (see
123C<Unix-E<gt>canonpath()> ). Likewise, a "::" is handled like a ".."
124(updir), and a ":::" is handled like a "../.." etc. E.g.
270d1e39 125
2586ba89 126 catdir("a",":",":","b") = ":a:b:"
127 catdir("a",":","::",":b") = ":a::b:"
128
2586ba89 129=item 6.
5813de03 130
131If the first argument is an empty string "" or is a volume name, i.e. matches
132the pattern /^[^:]+:/, the resulting path is B<absolute>.
2586ba89 133
134=item 7.
5813de03 135
136Passing an empty string "" as the first argument to C<catdir()> is
137like passingC<File::Spec-E<gt>rootdir()> as the first argument, i.e.
2586ba89 138
139 catdir("","a","b") is the same as
140
45657e91 141 catdir(rootdir(),"a","b").
2586ba89 142
5813de03 143This is true on Unix, where C<catdir("","a","b")> yields "/a/b" and
144C<rootdir()> is "/". Note that C<rootdir()> on Mac OS is the startup
145volume, which is the closest in concept to Unix' "/". This should help
146to run existing scripts originally written for Unix.
2586ba89 147
148=item 8.
5813de03 149
150For absolute paths, some cleanup is done, to ensure that the volume
151name isn't immediately followed by updirs. This is invalid, because
152this would go beyond "root". Generally, these cases are handled like
153their Unix counterparts:
2586ba89 154
155 Unix:
156 Unix->catdir("","") = "/"
157 Unix->catdir("",".") = "/"
158 Unix->catdir("","..") = "/" # can't go beyond root
159 Unix->catdir("",".","..","..","a") = "/a"
160 Mac:
161 Mac->catdir("","") = rootdir() # (e.g. "HD:")
162 Mac->catdir("",":") = rootdir()
163 Mac->catdir("","::") = rootdir() # can't go beyond root
164 Mac->catdir("",":","::","::","a") = rootdir() . "a:" # (e.g. "HD:a:")
165
5813de03 166However, this approach is limited to the first arguments following
167"root" (again, see C<Unix-E<gt>canonpath()> ). If there are more
168arguments that move up the directory tree, an invalid path going
169beyond root can be created.
2586ba89 170
171=back
172
5813de03 173As you've seen, you can force C<catdir()> to create an absolute path
174by passing either an empty string or a path that begins with a volume
175name as the first argument. However, you are strongly encouraged not
176to do so, since this is done only for backward compatibility. Newer
177versions of File::Spec come with a method called C<catpath()> (see
178below), that is designed to offer a portable solution for the creation
179of absolute paths. It takes volume, directory and file portions and
180returns an entire path. While C<catdir()> is still suitable for the
181concatenation of I<directory names>, you are encouraged to use
182C<catpath()> to concatenate I<volume names> and I<directory
183paths>. E.g.
2586ba89 184
185 $dir = File::Spec->catdir("tmp","sources");
186 $abs_path = File::Spec->catpath("MacintoshHD:", $dir,"");
270d1e39 187
be708cc0 188yields
270d1e39 189
2586ba89 190 "MacintoshHD:tmp:sources:" .
270d1e39 191
270d1e39 192=cut
193
270d1e39 194sub catdir {
45657e91 195 my $self = shift;
196 return '' unless @_;
197 my @args = @_;
198 my $first_arg;
199 my $relative;
200
2586ba89 201 # take care of the first argument
45657e91 202
2586ba89 203 if ($args[0] eq '') { # absolute path, rootdir
204 shift @args;
205 $relative = 0;
206 $first_arg = $self->rootdir;
45657e91 207
2586ba89 208 } elsif ($args[0] =~ /^[^:]+:/) { # absolute path, volume name
209 $relative = 0;
210 $first_arg = shift @args;
211 # add a trailing ':' if need be (may be it's a path like HD:dir)
212 $first_arg = "$first_arg:" unless ($first_arg =~ /:\Z(?!\n)/);
45657e91 213
2586ba89 214 } else { # relative path
215 $relative = 1;
45657e91 216 if ( $args[0] =~ /^::+\Z(?!\n)/ ) {
2586ba89 217 # updir colon path ('::', ':::' etc.), don't shift
218 $first_arg = ':';
219 } elsif ($args[0] eq ':') {
220 $first_arg = shift @args;
221 } else {
222 # add a trailing ':' if need be
223 $first_arg = shift @args;
224 $first_arg = "$first_arg:" unless ($first_arg =~ /:\Z(?!\n)/);
45657e91 225 }
226 }
227
228 # For all other arguments,
2586ba89 229 # (a) ignore arguments that equal ':' or '',
230 # (b) handle updir paths specially:
231 # '::' -> concatenate '::'
232 # '::' . '::' -> concatenate ':::' etc.
233 # (c) add a trailing ':' if need be
45657e91 234
2586ba89 235 my $result = $first_arg;
236 while (@args) {
237 my $arg = shift @args;
238 unless (($arg eq '') || ($arg eq ':')) {
239 if ($arg =~ /^::+\Z(?!\n)/ ) { # updir colon path like ':::'
240 my $updir_count = length($arg) - 1;
241 while ((@args) && ($args[0] =~ /^::+\Z(?!\n)/) ) { # while updir colon path
45657e91 242 $arg = shift @args;
2586ba89 243 $updir_count += (length($arg) - 1);
244 }
45657e91 245 $arg = (':' x $updir_count);
2586ba89 246 } else {
247 $arg =~ s/^://s; # remove a leading ':' if any
248 $arg = "$arg:" unless ($arg =~ /:\Z(?!\n)/); # ensure trailing ':'
249 }
250 $result .= $arg;
251 }#unless
45657e91 252 }
253
254 if ( ($relative) && ($result !~ /^:/) ) {
2586ba89 255 # add a leading colon if need be
256 $result = ":$result";
257 }
45657e91 258
259 unless ($relative) {
2586ba89 260 # remove updirs immediately following the volume name
261 $result =~ s/([^:]+:)(:*)(.*)\Z(?!\n)/$1$3/;
262 }
45657e91 263
264 return $result;
270d1e39 265}
266
267=item catfile
268
269Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
45657e91 270complete path ending with a filename. Resulting paths are B<relative>
271by default, but can be forced to be absolute (but avoid this).
272
273B<IMPORTANT NOTE:> Beginning with version 1.3 of this module, the
274resulting path is relative by default and I<not> absolute. This
275descision was made due to portability reasons. Since
276C<File::Spec-E<gt>catfile()> returns relative paths on all other
277operating systems, it will now also follow this convention on Mac OS.
2586ba89 278Note that this may break some existing scripts.
279
45657e91 280The last argument is always considered to be the file portion. Since
281C<catfile()> uses C<catdir()> (see above) for the concatenation of the
282directory portions (if any), the following with regard to relative and
2586ba89 283absolute paths is true:
284
285 catfile("") = ""
45657e91 286 catfile("file") = "file"
2586ba89 287
288but
289
290 catfile("","") = rootdir() # (e.g. "HD:")
291 catfile("","file") = rootdir() . file # (e.g. "HD:file")
292 catfile("HD:","file") = "HD:file"
270d1e39 293
45657e91 294This means that C<catdir()> is called only when there are two or more
2586ba89 295arguments, as one might expect.
270d1e39 296
2586ba89 297Note that the leading ":" is removed from the filename, so that
270d1e39 298
2586ba89 299 catfile("a","b","file") = ":a:b:file" and
270d1e39 300
2586ba89 301 catfile("a","b",":file") = ":a:b:file"
302
45657e91 303give the same answer.
2586ba89 304
45657e91 305To concatenate I<volume names>, I<directory paths> and I<filenames>,
2586ba89 306you are encouraged to use C<catpath()> (see below).
270d1e39 307
308=cut
309
310sub catfile {
cbc7acb0 311 my $self = shift;
be708cc0 312 return '' unless @_;
270d1e39 313 my $file = pop @_;
314 return $file unless @_;
315 my $dir = $self->catdir(@_);
1b1e14d3 316 $file =~ s/^://s;
270d1e39 317 return $dir.$file;
318}
319
320=item curdir
321
be708cc0 322Returns a string representing the current directory. On Mac OS, this is ":".
270d1e39 323
324=cut
325
326sub curdir {
cbc7acb0 327 return ":";
328}
329
330=item devnull
331
be708cc0 332Returns a string representing the null device. On Mac OS, this is "Dev:Null".
cbc7acb0 333
334=cut
335
336sub devnull {
337 return "Dev:Null";
270d1e39 338}
339
340=item rootdir
341
342Returns a string representing the root directory. Under MacPerl,
343returns the name of the startup volume, since that's the closest in
be708cc0 344concept, although other volumes aren't rooted there. The name has a
345trailing ":", because that's the correct specification for a volume
346name on Mac OS.
270d1e39 347
bcdb689b 348If Mac::Files could not be loaded, the empty string is returned.
349
270d1e39 350=cut
351
352sub rootdir {
353#
2586ba89 354# There's no real root directory on Mac OS. The name of the startup
cbc7acb0 355# volume is returned, since that's the closest in concept.
270d1e39 356#
bcdb689b 357 return '' unless $macfiles;
358 my $system = Mac::Files::FindFolder(&Mac::Files::kOnSystemDisk,
359 &Mac::Files::kSystemFolderType);
9c045eb2 360 $system =~ s/:.*\Z(?!\n)/:/s;
cbc7acb0 361 return $system;
362}
363
364=item tmpdir
365
07824bd1 366Returns the contents of $ENV{TMPDIR}, if that directory exits or the
367current working directory otherwise. Under MacPerl, $ENV{TMPDIR} will
368contain a path like "MacintoshHD:Temporary Items:", which is a hidden
369directory on your startup volume.
cbc7acb0 370
371=cut
372
373my $tmpdir;
374sub tmpdir {
375 return $tmpdir if defined $tmpdir;
07824bd1 376 my $self = shift;
377 $tmpdir = $self->_tmpdir( $ENV{TMPDIR} );
270d1e39 378}
379
380=item updir
381
be708cc0 382Returns a string representing the parent directory. On Mac OS, this is "::".
270d1e39 383
384=cut
385
386sub updir {
387 return "::";
388}
389
390=item file_name_is_absolute
391
be708cc0 392Takes as argument a path and returns true, if it is an absolute path.
2586ba89 393If the path has a leading ":", it's a relative path. Otherwise, it's an
be708cc0 394absolute path, unless the path doesn't contain any colons, i.e. it's a name
395like "a". In this particular case, the path is considered to be relative
396(i.e. it is considered to be a filename). Use ":" in the appropriate place
397in the path if you want to distinguish unambiguously. As a special case,
45657e91 398the filename '' is always considered to be absolute. Note that with version
3991.2 of File::Spec::Mac, this does no longer consult the local filesystem.
be708cc0 400
401E.g.
402
403 File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute("a"); # false (relative)
404 File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute(":a:b:"); # false (relative)
405 File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute("MacintoshHD:"); # true (absolute)
406 File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute(""); # true (absolute)
270d1e39 407
3c32ced9 408
270d1e39 409=cut
410
411sub file_name_is_absolute {
cbc7acb0 412 my ($self,$file) = @_;
413 if ($file =~ /:/) {
be708cc0 414 return (! ($file =~ m/^:/s) );
3c32ced9 415 } elsif ( $file eq '' ) {
416 return 1 ;
cbc7acb0 417 } else {
be708cc0 418 return 0; # i.e. a file like "a"
270d1e39 419 }
420}
421
422=item path
423
be708cc0 424Returns the null list for the MacPerl application, since the concept is
2586ba89 425usually meaningless under Mac OS. But if you're using the MacPerl tool under
be708cc0 426MPW, it gives back $ENV{Commands} suitably split, as is done in
270d1e39 427:lib:ExtUtils:MM_Mac.pm.
428
429=cut
430
431sub path {
432#
433# The concept is meaningless under the MacPerl application.
434# Under MPW, it has a meaning.
435#
cbc7acb0 436 return unless exists $ENV{Commands};
437 return split(/,/, $ENV{Commands});
270d1e39 438}
439
0994714a 440=item splitpath
441
be708cc0 442 ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
443 ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );
444
40d020d9 445Splits a path into volume, directory, and filename portions.
be708cc0 446
447On Mac OS, assumes that the last part of the path is a filename unless
448$no_file is true or a trailing separator ":" is present.
449
450The volume portion is always returned with a trailing ":". The directory portion
451is always returned with a leading (to denote a relative path) and a trailing ":"
452(to denote a directory). The file portion is always returned I<without> a leading ":".
2586ba89 453Empty portions are returned as empty string ''.
be708cc0 454
2586ba89 455The results can be passed to C<catpath()> to get back a path equivalent to
be708cc0 456(usually identical to) the original path.
457
458
0994714a 459=cut
460
461sub splitpath {
462 my ($self,$path, $nofile) = @_;
be708cc0 463 my ($volume,$directory,$file);
0994714a 464
465 if ( $nofile ) {
be708cc0 466 ( $volume, $directory ) = $path =~ m|^((?:[^:]+:)?)(.*)|s;
0994714a 467 }
468 else {
be708cc0 469 $path =~
470 m|^( (?: [^:]+: )? )
471 ( (?: .*: )? )
472 ( .* )
473 |xs;
0994714a 474 $volume = $1;
475 $directory = $2;
476 $file = $3;
477 }
478
be708cc0 479 $volume = '' unless defined($volume);
480 $directory = ":$directory" if ( $volume && $directory ); # take care of "HD::dir"
481 if ($directory) {
482 # Make sure non-empty directories begin and end in ':'
483 $directory .= ':' unless (substr($directory,-1) eq ':');
484 $directory = ":$directory" unless (substr($directory,0,1) eq ':');
485 } else {
486 $directory = '';
487 }
488 $file = '' unless defined($file);
489
0994714a 490 return ($volume,$directory,$file);
491}
492
493
494=item splitdir
495
2586ba89 496The opposite of C<catdir()>.
be708cc0 497
498 @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );
499
2586ba89 500$directories should be only the directory portion of the path on systems
be708cc0 501that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax that differentiates
2586ba89 502files from directories. Consider using C<splitpath()> otherwise.
be708cc0 503
504Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, empty directory names
505(C<"">) can be returned. Since C<catdir()> on Mac OS always appends a trailing
506colon to distinguish a directory path from a file path, a single trailing colon
507will be ignored, i.e. there's no empty directory name after it.
508
509Hence, on Mac OS, both
510
511 File::Spec->splitdir( ":a:b::c:" ); and
512 File::Spec->splitdir( ":a:b::c" );
513
514yield:
515
2586ba89 516 ( "a", "b", "::", "c")
be708cc0 517
518while
519
520 File::Spec->splitdir( ":a:b::c::" );
521
522yields:
523
2586ba89 524 ( "a", "b", "::", "c", "::")
be708cc0 525
526
0994714a 527=cut
528
529sub splitdir {
45657e91 530 my ($self, $path) = @_;
2586ba89 531 my @result = ();
532 my ($head, $sep, $tail, $volume, $directories);
45657e91 533
2586ba89 534 return ('') if ( (!defined($path)) || ($path eq '') );
535 return (':') if ($path eq ':');
536
537 ( $volume, $sep, $directories ) = $path =~ m|^((?:[^:]+:)?)(:*)(.*)|s;
538
539 # deprecated, but handle it correctly
540 if ($volume) {
541 push (@result, $volume);
542 $sep .= ':';
543 }
45657e91 544
2586ba89 545 while ($sep || $directories) {
546 if (length($sep) > 1) {
547 my $updir_count = length($sep) - 1;
548 for (my $i=0; $i<$updir_count; $i++) {
549 # push '::' updir_count times;
550 # simulate Unix '..' updirs
45657e91 551 push (@result, '::');
2586ba89 552 }
553 }
554 $sep = '';
555 if ($directories) {
556 ( $head, $sep, $tail ) = $directories =~ m|^((?:[^:]+)?)(:*)(.*)|s;
557 push (@result, $head);
558 $directories = $tail;
559 }
45657e91 560 }
2586ba89 561 return @result;
0994714a 562}
563
564
45657e91 565=item catpath
0994714a 566
be708cc0 567 $path = File::Spec->catpath($volume,$directory,$file);
568
569Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire path. On Mac OS,
570$volume, $directory and $file are concatenated. A ':' is inserted if need be. You
571may pass an empty string for each portion. If all portions are empty, the empty
572string is returned. If $volume is empty, the result will be a relative path,
573beginning with a ':'. If $volume and $directory are empty, a leading ":" (if any)
574is removed form $file and the remainder is returned. If $file is empty, the
575resulting path will have a trailing ':'.
576
577
0994714a 578=cut
579
580sub catpath {
be708cc0 581 my ($self,$volume,$directory,$file) = @_;
0994714a 582
be708cc0 583 if ( (! $volume) && (! $directory) ) {
584 $file =~ s/^:// if $file;
585 return $file ;
586 }
0994714a 587
be708cc0 588 my $path = $volume; # may be ''
589 $path .= ':' unless (substr($path, -1) eq ':'); # ensure trailing ':'
590
591 if ($directory) {
592 $directory =~ s/^://; # remove leading ':' if any
593 $path .= $directory;
594 $path .= ':' unless (substr($path, -1) eq ':'); # ensure trailing ':'
0994714a 595 }
596
be708cc0 597 if ($file) {
598 $file =~ s/^://; # remove leading ':' if any
599 $path .= $file;
600 }
601
602 return $path;
0994714a 603}
604
605=item abs2rel
606
be708cc0 607Takes a destination path and an optional base path and returns a relative path
608from the base path to the destination path:
609
610 $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $path ) ;
611 $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $path, $base ) ;
612
613Note that both paths are assumed to have a notation that distinguishes a
614directory path (with trailing ':') from a file path (without trailing ':').
615
616If $base is not present or '', then the current working directory is used.
617If $base is relative, then it is converted to absolute form using C<rel2abs()>.
618This means that it is taken to be relative to the current working directory.
619
620Since Mac OS has the concept of volumes, this assumes that both paths
621are on the $destination volume, and ignores the $base volume (!).
622
623If $base doesn't have a trailing colon, the last element of $base is
624assumed to be a filename. This filename is ignored (!). Otherwise all path
625components are assumed to be directories.
626
627If $path is relative, it is converted to absolute form using C<rel2abs()>.
628This means that it is taken to be relative to the current working directory.
629
630Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi.
3c32ced9 631
3c32ced9 632
0994714a 633=cut
634
be708cc0 635# maybe this should be done in canonpath() ?
636sub _resolve_updirs {
637 my $path = shift @_;
638 my $proceed;
639
640 # resolve any updirs, e.g. "HD:tmp::file" -> "HD:file"
641 do {
642 $proceed = ($path =~ s/^(.*):[^:]+::(.*?)\z/$1:$2/);
643 } while ($proceed);
644
645 return $path;
646}
647
648
0994714a 649sub abs2rel {
650 my($self,$path,$base) = @_;
651
652 # Clean up $path
653 if ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute( $path ) ) {
654 $path = $self->rel2abs( $path ) ;
655 }
656
657 # Figure out the effective $base and clean it up.
658 if ( !defined( $base ) || $base eq '' ) {
72f15715 659 $base = $self->cwd();
0994714a 660 }
661 elsif ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute( $base ) ) {
662 $base = $self->rel2abs( $base ) ;
be708cc0 663 $base = _resolve_updirs( $base ); # resolve updirs in $base
0994714a 664 }
be708cc0 665 else {
666 $base = _resolve_updirs( $base );
667 }
668
669 # Split up paths
670 my ( $path_dirs, $path_file ) = ($self->splitpath( $path ))[1,2] ;
671
672 # ignore $base's volume and file
673 my $base_dirs = ($self->splitpath( $base ))[1] ;
0994714a 674
675 # Now, remove all leading components that are the same
7c90792d 676 my @pathchunks = $self->splitdir( $path_dirs );
677 my @basechunks = $self->splitdir( $base_dirs );
45657e91 678
be708cc0 679 while ( @pathchunks &&
680 @basechunks &&
681 lc( $pathchunks[0] ) eq lc( $basechunks[0] ) ) {
0994714a 682 shift @pathchunks ;
683 shift @basechunks ;
684 }
45657e91 685
be708cc0 686 # @pathchunks now has the directories to descend in to.
45657e91 687 # ensure relative path, even if @pathchunks is empty
688 $path_dirs = $self->catdir( ':', @pathchunks );
0994714a 689
690 # @basechunks now contains the number of directories to climb out of.
be708cc0 691 $base_dirs = (':' x @basechunks) . ':' ;
0994714a 692
2586ba89 693 return $self->catpath( '', $self->catdir( $base_dirs, $path_dirs ), $path_file ) ;
0994714a 694}
695
696=item rel2abs
697
be708cc0 698Converts a relative path to an absolute path:
699
700 $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $path ) ;
701 $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $path, $base ) ;
0994714a 702
be708cc0 703Note that both paths are assumed to have a notation that distinguishes a
704directory path (with trailing ':') from a file path (without trailing ':').
705
706If $base is not present or '', then $base is set to the current working
707directory. If $base is relative, then it is converted to absolute form
708using C<rel2abs()>. This means that it is taken to be relative to the
709current working directory.
710
711If $base doesn't have a trailing colon, the last element of $base is
712assumed to be a filename. This filename is ignored (!). Otherwise all path
713components are assumed to be directories.
714
715If $path is already absolute, it is returned and $base is ignored.
716
717Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi.
0994714a 718
719=cut
720
786b702f 721sub rel2abs {
be708cc0 722 my ($self,$path,$base) = @_;
0994714a 723
be708cc0 724 if ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute($path) ) {
725 # Figure out the effective $base and clean it up.
0994714a 726 if ( !defined( $base ) || $base eq '' ) {
72f15715 727 $base = $self->cwd();
0994714a 728 }
be708cc0 729 elsif ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute($base) ) {
730 $base = $self->rel2abs($base) ;
0994714a 731 }
732
be708cc0 733 # Split up paths
734
735 # igonore $path's volume
736 my ( $path_dirs, $path_file ) = ($self->splitpath($path))[1,2] ;
737
738 # ignore $base's file part
739 my ( $base_vol, $base_dirs, undef ) = $self->splitpath($base) ;
740
741 # Glom them together
742 $path_dirs = ':' if ($path_dirs eq '');
743 $base_dirs =~ s/:$//; # remove trailing ':', if any
744 $base_dirs = $base_dirs . $path_dirs;
0994714a 745
be708cc0 746 $path = $self->catpath( $base_vol, $base_dirs, $path_file );
747 }
748 return $path;
0994714a 749}
750
751
270d1e39 752=back
753
be708cc0 754=head1 AUTHORS
755
2586ba89 756See the authors list in I<File::Spec>. Mac OS support by Paul Schinder
be708cc0 757<schinder@pobox.com> and Thomas Wegner <wegner_thomas@yahoo.com>.
758
270d1e39 759=head1 SEE ALSO
760
72f15715 761See L<File::Spec> and L<File::Spec::Unix>. This package overrides the
762implementation of these methods, not the semantics.
270d1e39 763
764=cut
765
7661;