Re^2: Determining if file path is absolute

OK, thanks for the additional clarification. I just need to verify that it looks like an absolute path. I was worried that the documentation was trying to say that if it looked like an absolute path on a local machine it might not look absolute on another machine.

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Re^3: Determining if file path is absolute by haukex (Archbishop) on Nov 04, 2018 at 09:04 UTC
I was worried that the documentation was trying to say that if it looked like an absolute path on a local machine it might not look absolute on another machine. You don't need to worry, unless those two machines are on different OSes, e.g. Windows vs. NIX, since File::Spec loads the appropriate OS-specific module under the hood. On a NIX system, it will say `C:\\foo` isn't absolute (on a Windows system, it'll still say `/foo` is absolute).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Determining if file path is absolute
by haukex (Archbishop) on Nov 04, 2018 at 09:04 UTC

I was worried that the documentation was trying to say that if it looked like an absolute path on a local machine it might not look absolute on another machine.

You don't need to worry, unless those two machines are on different OSes, e.g. Windows vs. *NIX, since File::Spec loads the appropriate OS-specific module under the hood. On a *NIX system, it will say C:\\foo isn't absolute (on a Windows system, it'll still say /foo is absolute).

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