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PathConvert module 0.2 for perl version5

                                       Shigio Yamaguchi        3-Sep-1997

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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. History

17-Sep-1996     first RFC on comp.lang.perl.modules.
               Subject: RFC File::PathConvert module
               Message-ID: <[email protected]>

7-Oct-1996      second RFC on comp.lang.perl.modules.
               Subject: 2nd RFC File::PathConvert module
               Message-ID: <[email protected]>

               PathConvert.pm -
                       use @EXPORT_OK instead of @EXPORT.
                       realpath added.
                       use $SL variable for path separator.

23-Oct-1996     version 0.1
                       Tested with perl5.003_02.

3-Sep-1997      version 0.2

               PathConvert.pm
                       - SYNOPSIS fixed.
                       - Tested with perl5.004_02.
               README  - Mail address changed.
                       - History added.

5. Copyright

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 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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