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NAME
       File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs

SYNOPSIS
        require File::Spec::Epoc; # 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.

       This package is still work in progress ;-) o.flebbe@gmx.de

       devnull
           Returns a string representation of the null device.

       tmpdir
           Returns a string representation of a temporay direc-
           tory:

       path
           Takes no argument, returns the environment variable
           PATH as an array. Since there is no search path sup-
           ported, it returns undef, sorry.

       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 /.

           The results can be passed to "catpath" to get back a
           path equivalent to (usually identical to) the original
           path.

       splitdir
           The opposite of "catdir()".

               @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 separa-
           tor, 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.

       abs2rel
           Takes a destination path and an optional base path
           returns a relative path from the base path to the des-
           tination path:

               $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $destination ) ;
               $rel_path = File::Spec->abs2rel( $destination, $base ) ;

           If $base is not present or '', then "cwd()" is used.
           If $base is relative, then it is converted to absolute
           form using "rel2abs()". This means that it is taken to
           be relative to cwd().

           On systems with the concept of a volume, this assumes
           that both paths are on the $destination volume, and
           ignores the $base volume.

           On systems that have a grammar that indicates file-
           names, this ignores the $base filename as well. Other-
           wise all path components are assumed to be directo-
           ries.

           If $path is relative, it is converted to absolute form
           using "rel2abs()".  This means that it is taken to be
           relative to "cwd()".

           Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi.

           No checks against the filesystem are made.

       rel2abs
           Converts a relative path to an absolute path.

               $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $destination ) ;
               $abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( $destination, $base ) ;

           If $base is not present or '', then cwd() is used. If
           $base is relative, then it is converted to absolute
           form using "rel2abs()". This means that it is taken to
           be relative to "cwd()".

           Assumes that both paths are on the $base volume, and
           ignores the $destination volume.

           On systems that have a grammar that indicates file-
           names, this ignores the $base filename as well. Other-
           wise all path components are assumed to be directo-
           ries.

           If $path is absolute, it is cleaned up and returned
           using "canonpath()".

           Based on code written by Shigio Yamaguchi.

           No checks against the filesystem are made.

SEE ALSO
       File::Spec



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