VERSION

version 1.003

SYNOPSIS

# This serves little purpose on its own but can be useful in some situations
# For example:
use Path::Class 0.24;
# convert foreign file type into native type
# without having to know what the current OS is
foreign_file(Win32 => $win32_path)->as_foreign("Native");
# or to build a file-spec dynamically (possibly taking the type from input):
my $type = get_requested_file_spec(); # can return "Native"
foreign_file($type => $file_path);
# having $type be "Native" is an alternative to having to do:
my $file = $type ? foreign_file($type, $file_path) : file($file_path);

DESCRIPTION

This module is a stupid hack to make the default File::Spec behavior available from a subclass. This can be useful when using another module that expects a subclass of File::Spec but you want to use the current, native OS format (automatically detected by File::Spec).

For example: ``as_foreign'' in Path::Class (as of version 0.24) allows you to translate a Path::Class object from one OS format to another. However, there is no way to specify that you want to translate the path into the current, native OS format without guessing at what that format is (which may include peeking into @File::Spec::ISA).

This module @ISA File::Spec.

SUPPORT

Perldoc

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc File::Spec::Native

Websites

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

• Search CPAN

  The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec-Native <http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec-Native>

• RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

  The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=File-Spec-Native <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=File-Spec-Native>

• CPAN Ratings

  The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl modules.

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/File-Spec-Native <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/File-Spec-Native>

• CPAN Testers

  The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions.

  http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/F/File-Spec-Native <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/F/File-Spec-Native>

• CPAN Testers Matrix

  The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

  http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=File-Spec-Native <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=File-Spec-Native>

• CPAN Testers Dependencies

  The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

  <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=File::Spec::Native>

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-file-spec-native at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Spec-Native <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Spec-Native>. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code

http://github.com/rwstauner/File-Spec-Native <http://github.com/rwstauner/File-Spec-Native>

  git clone http://github.com/rwstauner/File-Spec-Native

AUTHOR

Randy Stauner <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Randy Stauner.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.