Actually File::Basename is to say bluntly a turd. You are much better off using File::Spec and or the functional equivelents in File::Spec::Functions. File::Basename was effectvely deprecated when File::Spec was created (which it was to fix a whole bunch of know problems in the Basename, some outstanding to this day) but it never was marked as such or removed for hysterical porpoises. File::Spec is in the core and it should be used as a general rule for manipulating paths and directories and the like.

Anyway, the File::Spec::Functions way would be: 

use File::Spec::Functions qw(splitpath);
my (undef,undef,$file)=splitpath($path);

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Or: 
use File::Spec;
my ($vol,$path,$file)=File::Spec->splitpath($path);

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Also IMO its not worth ignoring the $vol just becuase _your_ OS doesnt have such a concept. If you use File::Spec and assume there will be a volume then everything will work out regardless of where youtr code ends up.


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In reply to Re: Re: Getting the filename from full path name ? by demerphq
in thread Getting the filename from full path name ? by peterr

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