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1 | package File::Spec; |
2 | |
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3 | use strict; |
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4 | use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION); |
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5 | |
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6 | $VERSION = '3.24'; |
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7 | $VERSION = eval $VERSION; |
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8 | |
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9 | my %module = (MacOS => 'Mac', |
10 | MSWin32 => 'Win32', |
11 | os2 => 'OS2', |
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12 | VMS => 'VMS', |
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13 | epoc => 'Epoc', |
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14 | NetWare => 'Win32', # Yes, File::Spec::Win32 works on NetWare. |
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15 | symbian => 'Win32', # Yes, File::Spec::Win32 works on symbian. |
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16 | dos => 'OS2', # Yes, File::Spec::OS2 works on DJGPP. |
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17 | cygwin => 'Cygwin'); |
18 | |
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19 | |
20 | my $module = $module{$^O} || 'Unix'; |
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21 | |
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22 | require "File/Spec/$module.pm"; |
23 | @ISA = ("File::Spec::$module"); |
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24 | |
25 | 1; |
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26 | |
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27 | __END__ |
28 | |
29 | =head1 NAME |
30 | |
31 | File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names |
32 | |
33 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
34 | |
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35 | use File::Spec; |
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36 | |
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37 | $x=File::Spec->catfile('a', 'b', 'c'); |
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38 | |
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39 | which returns 'a/b/c' under Unix. Or: |
40 | |
41 | use File::Spec::Functions; |
42 | |
43 | $x = catfile('a', 'b', 'c'); |
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44 | |
45 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
46 | |
47 | This module is designed to support operations commonly performed on file |
48 | specifications (usually called "file names", but not to be confused with the |
49 | contents of a file, or Perl's file handles), such as concatenating several |
50 | directory and file names into a single path, or determining whether a path |
51 | is rooted. It is based on code directly taken from MakeMaker 5.17, code |
52 | written by Andreas KE<ouml>nig, Andy Dougherty, Charles Bailey, Ilya |
53 | Zakharevich, Paul Schinder, and others. |
54 | |
55 | Since these functions are different for most operating systems, each set of |
56 | OS specific routines is available in a separate module, including: |
57 | |
58 | File::Spec::Unix |
59 | File::Spec::Mac |
60 | File::Spec::OS2 |
61 | File::Spec::Win32 |
62 | File::Spec::VMS |
63 | |
64 | The module appropriate for the current OS is automatically loaded by |
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65 | File::Spec. Since some modules (like VMS) make use of facilities available |
66 | only under that OS, it may not be possible to load all modules under all |
67 | operating systems. |
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68 | |
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69 | Since File::Spec is object oriented, subroutines should not be called directly, |
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70 | as in: |
71 | |
72 | File::Spec::catfile('a','b'); |
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73 | |
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74 | but rather as class methods: |
75 | |
76 | File::Spec->catfile('a','b'); |
77 | |
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78 | For simple uses, L<File::Spec::Functions> provides convenient functional |
79 | forms of these methods. |
80 | |
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81 | =head1 METHODS |
82 | |
83 | =over 2 |
84 | |
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85 | =item canonpath |
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86 | X<canonpath> |
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87 | |
88 | No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a |
89 | path. |
90 | |
91 | $cpath = File::Spec->canonpath( $path ) ; |
92 | |
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93 | Note that this does *not* collapse F<x/../y> sections into F<y>. This |
94 | is by design. If F</foo> on your system is a symlink to F</bar/baz>, |
95 | then F</foo/../quux> is actually F</bar/quux>, not F</quux> as a naive |
96 | F<../>-removal would give you. If you want to do this kind of |
97 | processing, you probably want C<Cwd>'s C<realpath()> function to |
98 | actually traverse the filesystem cleaning up paths like this. |
99 | |
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100 | =item catdir |
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101 | X<catdir> |
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102 | |
103 | Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending |
104 | with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting |
105 | string, because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses |
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106 | OS/2. Of course, if this is the root directory, don't cut off the |
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107 | trailing slash :-) |
108 | |
109 | $path = File::Spec->catdir( @directories ); |
110 | |
111 | =item catfile |
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112 | X<catfile> |
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113 | |
114 | Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a |
115 | complete path ending with a filename |
116 | |
117 | $path = File::Spec->catfile( @directories, $filename ); |
118 | |
119 | =item curdir |
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120 | X<curdir> |
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121 | |
122 | Returns a string representation of the current directory. |
123 | |
124 | $curdir = File::Spec->curdir(); |
125 | |
126 | =item devnull |
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127 | X<devnull> |
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128 | |
129 | Returns a string representation of the null device. |
130 | |
131 | $devnull = File::Spec->devnull(); |
132 | |
133 | =item rootdir |
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134 | X<rootdir> |
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135 | |
136 | Returns a string representation of the root directory. |
137 | |
138 | $rootdir = File::Spec->rootdir(); |
139 | |
140 | =item tmpdir |
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141 | X<tmpdir> |
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142 | |
143 | Returns a string representation of the first writable directory from a |
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144 | list of possible temporary directories. Returns the current directory |
145 | if no writable temporary directories are found. The list of directories |
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146 | checked depends on the platform; e.g. File::Spec::Unix checks C<$ENV{TMPDIR}> |
147 | (unless taint is on) and F</tmp>. |
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148 | |
149 | $tmpdir = File::Spec->tmpdir(); |
150 | |
151 | =item updir |
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152 | X<updir> |
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153 | |
154 | Returns a string representation of the parent directory. |
155 | |
156 | $updir = File::Spec->updir(); |
157 | |
158 | =item no_upwards |
159 | |
160 | Given a list of file names, strip out those that refer to a parent |
161 | directory. (Does not strip symlinks, only '.', '..', and equivalents.) |
162 | |
163 | @paths = File::Spec->no_upwards( @paths ); |
164 | |
165 | =item case_tolerant |
166 | |
167 | Returns a true or false value indicating, respectively, that alphabetic |
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168 | case is not or is significant when comparing file specifications. |
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169 | |
170 | $is_case_tolerant = File::Spec->case_tolerant(); |
171 | |
172 | =item file_name_is_absolute |
173 | |
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174 | Takes as its argument a path, and returns true if it is an absolute path. |
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175 | |
176 | $is_absolute = File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute( $path ); |
177 | |
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178 | This does not consult the local filesystem on Unix, Win32, OS/2, or |
179 | Mac OS (Classic). It does consult the working environment for VMS |
180 | (see L<File::Spec::VMS/file_name_is_absolute>). |
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181 | |
182 | =item path |
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183 | X<path> |
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184 | |
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185 | Takes no argument. Returns the environment variable C<PATH> (or the local |
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186 | platform's equivalent) as a list. |
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187 | |
188 | @PATH = File::Spec->path(); |
189 | |
190 | =item join |
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191 | X<join, path> |
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192 | |
193 | join is the same as catfile. |
194 | |
195 | =item splitpath |
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196 | X<splitpath> X<split, path> |
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197 | |
198 | Splits a path in to volume, directory, and filename portions. On systems |
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199 | with no concept of volume, returns '' for volume. |
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200 | |
201 | ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path ); |
202 | ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file ); |
203 | |
204 | For systems with no syntax differentiating filenames from directories, |
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205 | assumes that the last file is a path unless C<$no_file> is true or a |
206 | trailing separator or F</.> or F</..> is present. On Unix, this means that C<$no_file> |
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207 | true makes this return ( '', $path, '' ). |
208 | |
209 | The directory portion may or may not be returned with a trailing '/'. |
210 | |
211 | The results can be passed to L</catpath()> to get back a path equivalent to |
212 | (usually identical to) the original path. |
213 | |
214 | =item splitdir |
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215 | X<splitdir> X<split, dir> |
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216 | |
217 | The opposite of L</catdir()>. |
218 | |
219 | @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories ); |
220 | |
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221 | C<$directories> must be only the directory portion of the path on systems |
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222 | that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax that differentiates |
223 | files from directories. |
224 | |
225 | Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, empty |
226 | directory names (C<''>) can be returned, because these are significant |
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227 | on some OSes. |
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228 | |
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229 | =item catpath() |
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230 | |
231 | Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire path. Under |
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232 | Unix, C<$volume> is ignored, and directory and file are concatenated. A '/' is |
233 | inserted if need be. On other OSes, C<$volume> is significant. |
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234 | |
235 | $full_path = File::Spec->catpath( $volume, $directory, $file ); |
236 | |
237 | =item abs2rel |
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238 | X<abs2rel> X<absolute, path> X<relative, path> |
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239 | |
240 | Takes a destination path and an optional base path returns a relative path |
241 | from the base path to the destination path: |
242 | |
243 | $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $path ) ; |
244 | $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $path, $base ) ; |
245 | |
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246 | If C<$base> is not present or '', then L<Cwd::cwd()|Cwd> is used. If C<$base> is |
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247 | relative, then it is converted to absolute form using |
248 | L</rel2abs()>. This means that it is taken to be relative to |
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249 | L<Cwd::cwd()|Cwd>. |
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250 | |
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251 | On systems with the concept of volume, if C<$path> and C<$base> appear to be |
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252 | on two different volumes, we will not attempt to resolve the two |
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253 | paths, and we will instead simply return C<$path>. Note that previous |
254 | versions of this module ignored the volume of C<$base>, which resulted in |
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255 | garbage results part of the time. |
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256 | |
257 | On systems that have a grammar that indicates filenames, this ignores the |
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258 | C<$base> filename as well. Otherwise all path components are assumed to be |
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259 | directories. |
260 | |
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261 | If C<$path> is relative, it is converted to absolute form using L</rel2abs()>. |
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262 | This means that it is taken to be relative to L<Cwd::cwd()|Cwd>. |
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263 | |
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264 | No checks against the filesystem are made. On VMS, there is |
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265 | interaction with the working environment, as logicals and |
266 | macros are expanded. |
267 | |
268 | Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi. |
269 | |
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270 | =item rel2abs() |
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271 | X<rel2abs> X<absolute, path> X<relative, path> |
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272 | |
273 | Converts a relative path to an absolute path. |
274 | |
275 | $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $path ) ; |
276 | $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $path, $base ) ; |
277 | |
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278 | If C<$base> is not present or '', then L<Cwd::cwd()|Cwd> is used. If C<$base> is relative, |
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279 | then it is converted to absolute form using L</rel2abs()>. This means that it |
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280 | is taken to be relative to L<Cwd::cwd()|Cwd>. |
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281 | |
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282 | On systems with the concept of volume, if C<$path> and C<$base> appear to be |
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283 | on two different volumes, we will not attempt to resolve the two |
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284 | paths, and we will instead simply return C<$path>. Note that previous |
285 | versions of this module ignored the volume of C<$base>, which resulted in |
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286 | garbage results part of the time. |
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287 | |
288 | On systems that have a grammar that indicates filenames, this ignores the |
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289 | C<$base> filename as well. Otherwise all path components are assumed to be |
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290 | directories. |
291 | |
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292 | If C<$path> is absolute, it is cleaned up and returned using L</canonpath()>. |
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293 | |
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294 | No checks against the filesystem are made. On VMS, there is |
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295 | interaction with the working environment, as logicals and |
296 | macros are expanded. |
297 | |
298 | Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi. |
299 | |
300 | =back |
301 | |
302 | For further information, please see L<File::Spec::Unix>, |
303 | L<File::Spec::Mac>, L<File::Spec::OS2>, L<File::Spec::Win32>, or |
304 | L<File::Spec::VMS>. |
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305 | |
306 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
307 | |
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308 | L<File::Spec::Unix>, L<File::Spec::Mac>, L<File::Spec::OS2>, |
309 | L<File::Spec::Win32>, L<File::Spec::VMS>, L<File::Spec::Functions>, |
310 | L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> |
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311 | |
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312 | =head1 AUTHOR |
313 | |
314 | Currently maintained by Ken Williams C<< <KWILLIAMS@cpan.org> >>. |
315 | |
316 | The vast majority of the code was written by |
317 | Kenneth Albanowski C<< <kjahds@kjahds.com> >>, |
318 | Andy Dougherty C<< <doughera@lafayette.edu> >>, |
319 | Andreas KE<ouml>nig C<< <A.Koenig@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE> >>, |
320 | Tim Bunce C<< <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> >>. |
321 | VMS support by Charles Bailey C<< <bailey@newman.upenn.edu> >>. |
322 | OS/2 support by Ilya Zakharevich C<< <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> >>. |
323 | Mac support by Paul Schinder C<< <schinder@pobox.com> >>, and |
324 | Thomas Wegner C<< <wegner_thomas@yahoo.com> >>. |
325 | abs2rel() and rel2abs() written by Shigio Yamaguchi C<< <shigio@tamacom.com> >>, |
326 | modified by Barrie Slaymaker C<< <barries@slaysys.com> >>. |
327 | splitpath(), splitdir(), catpath() and catdir() by Barrie Slaymaker. |
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328 | |
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329 | =head1 COPYRIGHT |
330 | |
331 | Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters. All rights reserved. |
332 | |
333 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
334 | it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
335 | |
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336 | =cut |