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The bug is in File::Find, as it doesn't use File::Spec to concatenate paths, so all paths returned by File::Find need to be run through File::Spec's canonpath

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Re^3: OS issues get everybody at some point (as sum e)
by tye (Sage) on May 24, 2005 at 15:47 UTC

    It is a bug to assume that File::Find returns "canonicalized" paths. It doesn't claim that it does. The bug was merlyn's assumption, not a failing in File::Find.

    You could claim that File::Find should be enhanced to conform to File::Spec's concept of canonical path formats. Or you could claim that File::Find should be using File::Spec instead of a ton of hard-coded '/'s. I'd be more likely to agree with the latter than the former, though the end result might be same, at least in some cases.

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