Re: IIS doesn't like my require statement

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Re: Re: IIS doesn't like my require statement by frinky (Novice) on Jan 28, 2003 at 04:42 UTC
Well, haven't tried it, but one good thing abou IIS is that it has no problems using either 'C:\temp\' or 'C:/temp/' Thanx anyway!	[reply]
Re^2: IIS doesn't like my require statement by Ionizor (Pilgrim) on Jan 28, 2003 at 08:14 UTC
Ack! Using \ instead of / will not work! `"..\configure.pl"` will be interpreted by Perl as `"..`☼`nfigure.pl"`. Double quoted literal paths in Perl are never separated by just "\" even on Win32, even under IIS. Update: I just knew I was going to be corrected. Lesson learned. Never say never. Or at least be very specific. -- Grant me the wisdom to shut my mouth when I don't know what I'm talking about.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re^2: IIS doesn't like my require statement by IlyaM (Parson) on Jan 28, 2003 at 08:51 UTC
You can use both / and \ as a path separator in Perl programs on Win32. The only important thing to remember is that in string literals \ char has special meaning (it is an escape char) and it must be doubled to get single \ char. I.e `# ok my $path = "dir/file.txt"; # not ok my $path = "dir\file.txt"; # ok my $path = "dir\\file.txt"; # also ok - in single quoted strings only sequences \' and \\ are spec +ial my $path = 'dir\file.txt';` [download] Of course it is Win32 specific and it is just easier to always use / as a path separator what is more portable. Or even use File::Spec what is the most portable way to create filepaths from components: `use File::Spec; my $path = File::Spec->catfile(qw(dir file.txt));` [download] Update: Fixed mismatched quotes. Thanks to Ionizor who noticed it. -- Ilya Martynov, ilya@iponweb.net CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd Quality Perl Programming and Unix Support UK managed @ offshore prices - http://www.iponweb.net Personal website - http://martynov.org	[reply] [d/l] [select]