(posted by request from chatterbox)

Yes, it works the same on Win2k. Of course, it will assume the root on the current drive letter, though (use chdir to change drive letters).

Here's an example to illustrate the point:


#!perl -w
use strict; # always

open(F,">/temp/foo.txt") 
    or die "Unable to open temp file for write: $!\n";
print F "This is a test.  This is only a test.\n";
close(F);

open(F,"/temp/foo.txt") 
    or die "Unable to open temp file for read: $!\n";
while (<F>) { print "foo: $_"; }
close(F);

unlink ("/temp/foo.txt");
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...which outputs:


foo: This is a test.  This is only a test.
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Cheers,
Shendal

In write-mode also? E.g. open(F, ">/somedir/filename.txt") In other words, does it correctly create this new file as c:\somedir\filename.txt?

(Update: The original node was updated, answering this question.)

Because I work in Perl exclusively on a win2k box, run scripts from that box daily that use the forward slash, and only use the forward slash b/c I hate writing \\\\ before a server, you can mark me a dissenter.

The forward slash absolutely works with an install of ActiveState 6.15 on a win2k box

-OzzyOsbourne

Of course, you can avoid escaping back-slashes by putting everything in single-quotes, but that makes variable interpolation somewhat messy.

One of the (for me) more annoying gotchas. Inside a single-quoted string, \ is still special. '\\' is just a single \, and '\'' is a single-quote.

So if you need to, by chance, wind up with \\, even with a single quote you still find yourself doing \\\\.

Cheers,
KM