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File::Spec::Cygwin(3pm)               Perl Programmers Reference Guide               File::Spec::Cygwin(3pm)



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

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

DESCRIPTION
       See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix.  This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not
       the semantics.

       This module is still in beta.  Cygwin-knowledgeable folks are invited to offer patches and sugges-tions. suggestions.
       tions.

       canonpath
           Any "\" (backslashes) are converted to "/" (forward slashes), and then File::Spec::Unix canon-path() canonpath()
           path() is called on the result.

       file_name_is_absolute
           True is returned if the file name begins with "drive_letter:", and if not, File::Spec::Unix
           file_name_is_absolute() is called.

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

               $ENV{TMPDIR}
               /tmp
               C:/temp

           Since Perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if the environment variables are tainted, they
           are not used.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.



perl v5.8.8                                      2001-09-21                          File::Spec::Cygwin(3pm)