Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > With URI support, you still have to contort a little, but not as much. > Here's some better examples from an email I sent earlier: > > $fo = open "file://c/docs/personal"; > > # Unix = /docs/personal # here, 'c' becomes '/' > # Mac = :docs:personal # here, 'c' becomes ':' > # Win = c:\docs\personal This is how current URI.pm maps file: URIs similar this one for various platforms. #!/usr/bin/perl use URI; for $uri ("file://c/docs/personal", "file://c|/docs/personal", "file:///docs/personal", "file:/docs/personal", "file:docs/personal",) { my $u = URI->new($uri); print "\n$u\n"; for $os (qw(unix mac win32)) { printf "%-5s %-20s %-20s\n", $os, $u->file($os), $u->dir($os) } } __END__ file://c/docs/personal unix //c/docs/personal //c/docs/personal mac c:docs:personal c:docs:personal: win32 \\c\docs\personal \\c\docs\personal file://c%7C/docs/personal unix //c|/docs/personal //c|/docs/personal mac c|:docs:personal c|:docs:personal: win32 C:\docs\personal C:\docs\personal file:///docs/personal unix ///docs/personal ///docs/personal mac :docs:personal :docs:personal: win32 \docs\personal \docs\personal file:/docs/personal unix /docs/personal /docs/personal mac docs:personal docs:personal: win32 \docs\personal \docs\personal file:docs/personal unix docs/personal docs/personal mac :docs:personal :docs:personal: win32 docs\personal docs\personal