On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 12:22:41PM +0100 Mark Overmeer wrote:
> * Tassilo von Parseval (tassilo.parseval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [031111 12:03]:
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:17:44AM +0100 Mark Overmeer wrote:
> > > I want to support Unix (and MacOSX and cygwin) and Windows. Are there
> > > any problems with using "$dir/$file"? I heard that Windows is accepting
> > > a forward slash ('/') as valid alternative to the usual back slash ('\')
> > > Is that true? (I never use Windows or cygwin)
> >
> > my ($separator) = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $file) =~ /foo(.*?)bar/;
> > and then always write "$dir$separator$file".
> >
> > But not even this might be good enough. I think that VMS is handling
> > directories in an odd way.
>
> I have no plans to support VMS (ever). It's only catfile and catdir
> which is used. The question is: is "$dir/$file" good enough for all
> platforms mentioned above?
When looking at what File::Spec does I think it should be. The module
doesn't even check those critical cases (like when accessing a
samba-mounted filesystem or so) and so I don't see what you could gain
by using File::Spec at all (other than the performance penalty).
Tassilo
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