File::Spec is supposed to provide a OS independent way of parsing and creating pathnames. For example, a 'splitpath' can product a volume $dir and $file.
I'm not sure what constitutes a volume but I'd think C: D: would count as separate. Under cygwin, it only handles/parses unix pathnames but not native windows pathnames 'c:\windows\filename' will yield a vol='', dir='' and filename='d:\windows\filelname' -- not what one would expect. Using forward slashes yields: vdf='', 'd:/windows/,'filename'. Further use to break down the directory path into components would yield D: as a first directory and 'windows' as a 2nd level dir. Note that the forward slash has now disappeared indicating what I believe to be improper symantics as d:windows != D:\windows unless d:'s curdir is = to the root dir. Guess when the module detects the OS type, it needs to have a separate type for the cygwin environment. -linda -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
