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File::Spec::Win32(3)
NAME
  File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs

SYNOPSIS
   require File::Spec::Win32; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed

DESCRIPTION
  See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there.
  This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the
  semantics.

  devnull
      Returns a string representation of the null device.

  tmpdir
      Returns a string representation of the first existing directory from
      the following list:

	  $ENV{TMPDIR}
	  $ENV{TEMP}
	  $ENV{TMP}
	  C:/temp
	  /tmp
	  /

  catfile
      Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
      complete path ending with a filename

  canonpath
      No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a path.
      On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.".

  splitpath
	  ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
	  ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );

      Splits a path in to volume, directory, and filename portions. Assumes
      that the last file is a path unless the path ends in '\\', '\\.',
      '\\..' or $no_file is true.  On Win32 this means that $no_file true
      makes this return ( $volume, $path, undef ).

      Separators accepted are \ and /.

      Volumes can be drive letters or UNC sharenames (\\server\share).

      The results can be passed to the catpath entry elsewhere in this
      document to get back a path equivalent to (usually identical to) the
      original path.

  splitdir
      The opposite of the catdir() entry elsewhere in this document.

	  @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );

      $directories must be only the directory portion of the path on systems
      that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax that
      differentiates files from directories.

      Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, leading empty
      and trailing directory entries can be returned, because these are
      significant on some OSs. So,

	  File::Spec->splitdir( "/a/b/c" );

      Yields:

	  ( '', 'a', 'b', '', 'c', '' )

  catpath
      Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire path.
      Under Unix, $volume is ignored, and this is just like catfile(). On
      other OSs, the $volume become significant.

SEE ALSO
  the File::Spec manpage

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