Zentara wrote:
>
> Hi,
Hello,
> I've been playing with File::Basename and
> the docs are not absolutely clear on whether
> you can get an extension on a linux system.
> I have had no success trying, so does this mean
> that linux is not capable of dealing with extensions?
>
> As an example from perldoc File::basename:
> ###############################################
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> use File::Basename;
> my($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('/virgil/aeneid/draft.book7');
The example actually is:
( $base, $path, $type ) = fileparse( '/virgil/aeneid/draft.book7', '\.book\d+' );
Where the second argument to fileparse() is a regular expression (which
is why there is a back-slash in front of the period.)
> print $base,"\n",$path,"\n",$type,"\n";
> #################################################
>
> This gives
>
> draft.book7
> /virgil/aeneid/
> Use of unitialized value in print at line5
John
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