pathconvert(3)

NAME

File::PathConvert - DEPRECATED: USE File::Spec and
Cwd::abs_path().

SYNOPSIS

*** THIS  MODULE  (File::PathConvert)  IS  DEPRECATED.
****
There  are several known bugs, and it is not being actively
maintained since all functionality is now available in
modules (Cwd.pm and File::Spec) bundled in every Perl
distribution  of recent vintage.  This version is provided to
fix a few bugs and to get the word out about the
deprecation.
Please use Cwd::abs_path() instead of
File::PathConvert::realpath() and  File::Spec  methods
instead
of  all other path manipulation functions in this module.
If you use setfstype, you probably want  to  access  a
File::Spec::Foo
module for the appropriate operating system.
There  is  also  a  version  of File::Spec on CPAN for
backwards
compatability.
Thank you,
Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com>

BUGS

"realpath" is not fully multiplatform.

"abs2rel" is broken in MacOS mode.

LIMITATIONS

� In URLs, paths not ending in '/' are split such that: the last name in the path is a filename. This is not
intuitive: many people use such URLs for directories,
and most servers send a redirect. This may cause pro
gramers using this package to code in bugs, it may be
more pragmatic to always assume all names are direc
tory names. (Note that the query portion is always
part of the filename).
� If the relative and base paths are on different vol: umes, no error is returned. A silent, hopefully rea
sonable assumption is made.
� No detection of unix style paths is done when other: filesystems are selected, like File::Basename does.

AUTHORS

Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com> Shigio Yamaguchi
<shigio@wafu.netgate.net>

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