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PathConvert module 0.1 for perl version5
Shigio Yamaguchi 23-Oct-1996
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1. Introduction
This module has three subroutines and a sample application.
realpath - make a canonicalized absolute path name
abs2rel - make a relative path from an absolute path
'/usr/src/bin' and '/usr/local/lib' -> '../../src/bin'
(target directory) (current directory)
rel2abs - make an absolute path from a relative path
'../../src/bin' and '/usr/local/lib' -> '/usr/src/bin'
(target directory) (current directory)
mkshadow - a sample application of PathConvert module
This command duplicate directory tree with relative symbolic link.
2. Method for test and install
You need perl version 5.002 or later.
% perl Makefile.PL
% make
% make test
# make install <- as a root
3. Files list
README ... this file
Makefile.PL ... makefile for test and install
PathConvert.pm ... PathConvert module
mkshadow ... sample application of PathConvert module
test.pl ... test script
MANIFEST ... file list
4. Copyright
Copyright (c) 1996 Shigio Yamaguchi. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Please enjoy and report any bugs to <
[email protected]>.
Thank you.
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Home Page: <
http://ux01.so-net.or.jp/~shigio>
(You can find the latest version here.)
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