James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Nov 10, 2003, at 4:19 PM, R. Joseph Newton wrote: > > > Nope. Not at all. System transparency means not having to concern > > yourself with the system or its quirks, which is what Perl provides in > > re > > file access. Not because the '/' separator is 'nix, but because it is > > more standard for file systems in general, inclucing URLs and URIs. > > Perl > > will translate per system under the surface. > > I'm not aware of Perl doing any translation of '/'. Someone please > correct me if I'm wrong though. I believe this is why the the > File::Spec modules are standard. '/' works on the majority of systems > these days, but if you want true portability, I believe you want the > earlier mentioned catfile(). > > James
Look down the thread, and you will find correction from others, also. I can tell you that I have generated tousands of files in folders reached by relative paths, and all I have had to offer Perl was '/'s. It has been working for some time, and quite handsomely. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
