Trouble using File::Spec::rel2abs with Windows

GrandFather has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I get the error "Undefined subroutine &File::Spec::rel2abs called at noname.pl line 5." when I execute the following code:

use warnings;
use strict;
use File::Spec;

my $path = File::Spec::rel2abs ('.');
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ppm reports the following:

    Name: File-Spec
 Version: 0.82
  Author: Barrie Slaymaker (barries@slaysys.com)
   Title: File-Spec
Abstract: portably perform operations on file names
Location: ActiveState PPM2 Repository
Available Platforms:

       1. MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8
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Any idea why this should be failing and how I can either fix the problem or another way I can achieve the same (relative path to abs path) result?

Perl is Huffman encoded by design.

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Re: Trouble using File::Spec::rel2abs with Windows by blazar (Canon) on Jul 29, 2005 at 09:48 UTC
Wild guess - from perldoc File::Spec: `Since File::Spec is object oriented, subroutines should not be called directly, as in: File::Spec::catfile('a','b'); but rather as class methods: File::Spec->catfile('a','b'); For simple uses, File::Spec::Functions provides convenient functional forms of these methods.` [download] HTH	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Trouble using File::Spec::rel2abs with Windows by GrandFather (Saint) on Jul 29, 2005 at 09:51 UTC
Argh! That sums up most of my day! You are exactly right and I now recall reading that in the docs too! Thank you. Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re: Trouble using File::Spec::rel2abs with Windows by bart (Canon) on Jul 29, 2005 at 10:08 UTC
Just use File::Spec::Functions. Much easier than messing with those class method calls. `use File::Spec::Functions qw(rel2abs); my $path = rel2abs('.');` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Trouble using File::Spec::rel2abs with Windows by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 29, 2005 at 09:53 UTC
Try `use warnings; use strict; use File::Spec; my $path = File::Spec->rel2abs ('.');` [download] From the documentation. Update: curse this lag Hope this helps. Martin	[reply] [d/l]