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File::Spec::Link(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     File::Spec::Link(3pm)

NAME
File::Spec::Link - Perl extension for reading and resolving symbolic links
SYNOPSIS
use File::Spec::Link; my $file = File::Spec::Link->linked($link); my $file = File::Spec::Link->resolve($link); my $dirname = File::Spec::Link->chopfile($file); my $newname = File::Spec::Link->relative_to_file($path, $link); my $realname = File::Spec::Link->full_resolve($file); my $realname = File::Spec::Link->resolve_path($file); my $realname = File::Spec::Link->resolve_all($file);
DESCRIPTION
"File::Spec::Link" is an extension to "File::Spec", adding methods for resolving symbolic links; it was created to implement "File::Copy::Link". "linked($link)" Returns the filename linked to by $link: by "readlink"ing $link, and resolving that path relative to the directory of $link. "resolve($link)" Returns the non-link ultimately linked to by $link, by repeatedly calling "linked". Returns "undef" if the link can not be resolved. "chopfile($file)" Returns the directory of $file, by splitting the path of $file and returning (the volumne and) directory parts. "relative_to_file($path, $file)" Returns the path of $path relative to the directory of file $file. If $path is absolute, just returns $path. "resolve_all($file)" Returns the filename of $file with all links in the path resolved, wihout using "Cwd". "full_resolve($file)" Returns the filename of $file with all links in the path resolved. This sub tries to use "Cwd::abs_path" via "->resolve_path". "resolve_path($file)" Returns the filename of $file with all links in the path resolved. This sub uses "Cwd::abs_path" and is independent of the rest of "File::Spec::Link". Object methods "new([$path])" create new path object: stores path as a list "path" returns path as a string, using catpath "canonical" returns canonical path, using canonpath "vol" returns volume element of path, see File::Spec->splitpath "dir" returns directory element of path, as a string, see File::Spec->splitpath "dirs" return list of directory components in path, see File::Spec->splitdir "pop" remove last component of the path "push($file)" add a file component to the path, ignoring empty strings "add($file)" add a component to the path: treating "updir" as "pop", and ignoring "curdir" and empty strings "split($path)" populate a path object, using splitpath "chop" remove and return a file component from path, an empty string returns means this was root dir. "relative($path)" replace the path object with the supplied path, where the new path is relative to the path object "follow" follow the link, where the path object is a link "resolved" resolve the path object, by repeatedly following links "resolvedir" resolve the links at all component levels within the path object Other class methods "canonpath($path)" Wrapper round File::Spec::canonpath, fatal if empty input "catdir(@dirs)" Wrapper round File::Spec::catdir, returns "curdir" from empty list "splitlast($path)" Get component from $path (using "chop") and returns remaining path and compenent, as strings. [Not used] EXPORT None - all subs are methods for "File::Spec::Link".
SEE ALSO
File::Spec(3) File::Copy::Link(3)
AUTHOR
Robin Barker, <Robin.Barker@npl.co.uk>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Robin Barker This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.12.4 2011-09-30 File::Spec::Link(3pm)
Related Man Pages
file::spec::link(3pm) - debian
file::spec::unix5.18(3pm) - mojave
file::spec::win32(3pm) - osx
file::spec::win32(3) - centos
file::spec::win32(3pm) - debian
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