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.IX Title "Path::Class 3"
.TH Path::Class 3 "2019-10-04" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Path::Class \- Cross\-platform path specification manipulation
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
version 0.37
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& use Path::Class;
\&
\& my $dir = dir(\*(Aqfoo\*(Aq, \*(Aqbar\*(Aq); # Path::Class::Dir object
\& my $file = file(\*(Aqbob\*(Aq, \*(Aqfile.txt\*(Aq); # Path::Class::File object
\&
\& # Stringifies to \*(Aqfoo/bar\*(Aq on Unix, \*(Aqfoo\ebar\*(Aq on Windows, etc.
\& print "dir: $dir\en";
\&
\& # Stringifies to \*(Aqbob/file.txt\*(Aq on Unix, \*(Aqbob\efile.txt\*(Aq on Windows
\& print "file: $file\en";
\&
\& my $subdir = $dir\->subdir(\*(Aqbaz\*(Aq); # foo/bar/baz
\& my $parent = $subdir\->parent; # foo/bar
\& my $parent2 = $parent\->parent; # foo
\&
\& my $dir2 = $file\->dir; # bob
\&
\& # Work with foreign paths
\& use Path::Class qw(foreign_file foreign_dir);
\& my $file = foreign_file(\*(AqMac\*(Aq, \*(Aq:foo:file.txt\*(Aq);
\& print $file\->dir; # :foo:
\& print $file\->as_foreign(\*(AqWin32\*(Aq); # foo\efile.txt
\&
\& # Interact with the underlying filesystem:
\&
\& # $dir_handle is an IO::Dir object
\& my $dir_handle = $dir\->open or die "Can\*(Aqt read $dir: $!";
\&
\& # $file_handle is an IO::File object
\& my $file_handle = $file\->open($mode) or die "Can\*(Aqt read $file: $!";
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR is a module for manipulation of file and directory
specifications (strings describing their locations, like
\&\f(CW\*(Aq/home/ken/foo.txt\*(Aq\fR or \f(CW\*(AqC:\eWindows\eFoo.txt\*(Aq\fR) in a cross-platform
manner. It supports pretty much every platform Perl runs on,
including Unix, Windows, Mac, \s-1VMS,\s0 Epoc, Cygwin, \s-1OS/2,\s0 and NetWare.
.PP
The well-known module File::Spec also provides this service, but
it's sort of awkward to use well, so people sometimes avoid it, or use
it in a way that won't actually work properly on platforms
significantly different than the ones they've tested their code on.
.PP
In fact, \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR uses \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR internally, wrapping all
the unsightly details so you can concentrate on your application code.
Whereas \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR provides functions for some common path
manipulations, \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR provides an object-oriented model of the
world of path specifications and their underlying semantics.
\&\f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR doesn't create any objects, and its classes represent
the different ways in which paths must be manipulated on various
platforms (not a very intuitive concept). \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR creates
objects representing files and directories, and provides methods that
relate them to each other. For instance, the following \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR
code:
.PP
.Vb 3
\& my $absolute = File::Spec\->file_name_is_absolute(
\& File::Spec\->catfile( @dirs, $file )
\& );
.Ve
.PP
can be written using \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR as
.PP
.Vb 1
\& my $absolute = Path::Class::File\->new( @dirs, $file )\->is_absolute;
.Ve
.PP
or even as
.PP
.Vb 1
\& my $absolute = file( @dirs, $file )\->is_absolute;
.Ve
.PP
Similar readability improvements should happen all over the place when
using \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR.
.PP
Using \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR can help solve real problems in your code too \-
for instance, how many people actually take the \*(L"volume\*(R" (like \f(CW\*(C`C:\*(C'\fR
on Windows) into account when writing \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR\-using code? I
thought not. But if you use \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR, your file and directory objects
will know what volumes they refer to and do the right thing.
.PP
The guts of the \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class\*(C'\fR code live in the Path::Class::File
and Path::Class::Dir modules, so please see those
modules' documentation for more details about how to use them.
.SS "\s-1EXPORT\s0"
.IX Subsection "EXPORT"
The following functions are exported by default.
.IP "file" 4
.IX Item "file"
A synonym for \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class::File\->new\*(C'\fR.
.IP "dir" 4
.IX Item "dir"
A synonym for \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class::Dir\->new\*(C'\fR.
.PP
If you would like to prevent their export, you may explicitly pass an
empty list to perl's \f(CW\*(C`use\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`use Path::Class ()\*(C'\fR.
.PP
The following are exported only on demand.
.IP "foreign_file" 4
.IX Item "foreign_file"
A synonym for \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class::File\->new_foreign\*(C'\fR.
.IP "foreign_dir" 4
.IX Item "foreign_dir"
A synonym for \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class::Dir\->new_foreign\*(C'\fR.
.IP "tempdir" 4
.IX Item "tempdir"
Create a new Path::Class::Dir instance pointed to temporary directory.
.Sp
.Vb 1
\& my $temp = Path::Class::tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
.Ve
.Sp
A synonym for \f(CW\*(C`Path::Class::Dir\->new(File::Temp::tempdir(@_))\*(C'\fR.
.SH "Notes on Cross-Platform Compatibility"
.IX Header "Notes on Cross-Platform Compatibility"
Although it is much easier to write cross-platform-friendly code with
this module than with \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR, there are still some issues to be
aware of.
.IP "\(bu" 4
On some platforms, notably \s-1VMS\s0 and some older versions of \s-1DOS \s0(I think),
all filenames must have an extension. Thus if you create a file
called \fIfoo/bar\fR and then ask for a list of files in the directory
\&\fIfoo\fR, you may find a file called \fIbar.\fR instead of the \fIbar\fR you
were expecting. Thus it might be a good idea to use an extension in
the first place.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Ken Williams, KWILLIAMS@cpan.org
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) Ken Williams. All rights reserved.
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Path::Class::Dir, Path::Class::File, File::Spec