> So, what's so portable about file:// URLs again? How do they magically
> know that //c/ means / on UNIX? What do they do with //z/?
This is only one example. I'm not sure it's the best way. It's
definitely not the only way. Chaim asked:
> Or for that matter "file://u/frankeh/Projects" become
Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> With URI support, you still have to contort a little, but not as much.
> Here's some better examples from an email I sent earlier:
>
>$fo = open "file://c/docs/personal";
>
># Unix = /docs/personal# here, 'c' becomes '/'
># Mac = :docs
You're still showing non-portable examples.
What is the win?
And what does "file://z/docs/personal" become?
Or for that matter "file://u/frankeh/Projects" become? (I happen to
live at a mount point /u.
You are squeezing a little too hard here. There are seperate problems
to be solved, whether
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> With URI support, you still have to contort a little, but not as much.
> Here's some better examples from an email I sent earlier:
>
>$fo = open "file://c/docs/personal";
>
># Unix = /docs/personal# here, 'c' becomes '/'
># Mac = :docs
Sam Tregar wrote:
>
> How is this better than File::Spec's approach?
File::Spec has the idea and representation dead on. However, the
interface is a pain; to write portable scripts you have to go through
some contortions.
With URI support, you still have to contort a little, but not as much.
Her
On 14 Aug 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>$fo = open "C:\Windows\System";# non-portable
>$fo = open "file://C|/Windows/System"; # portable
Can you explain how the second is portable to non-Windows systems? What
does "C|" mean on my Linux box?
>unlink "/local/etc/script.co
Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>
> > "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> PRL>$fo = open "C:\Windows\System";# non-portable
> PRL>$fo = open "file://C|/Windows/System"; # portable
>
> In what way is the second example portable? I don't think it will
> do anythi
> "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PRL>$fo = open "C:\Windows\System";# non-portable
PRL>$fo = open "file://C|/Windows/System"; # portable
In what way is the second example portable? I don't think it will
do anything useful on any of my *nix boxes.
PR
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
Embed full URI support into Perl
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 100
Status: Developing
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