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I don't understand, perldoc URI::URL made me think it should work 
use URI::URL;

print URI::URL->new( 'http://foo.com/bar/file.foo' )->file;
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Can't locate object method "file" via package "URI::http" ...

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Re: Can't locate object method "file" via package "URI::http"
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 10, 2008 at 19:13 UTC

    First of all, why are you using obsolete module URI::URL instead of URI? See the first line of the docs.

    Secondly, I don't see anything that suggests that URI::URL provides a file method. The local_path method might do the trick (misreferenced as localpath).

    Update: Nope, that only works for URIs using the file: scheme. The confusion is understandable since you're using an obsolete, undocumented module.

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Re: Can't locate object method "file" via package "URI::http"
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jul 10, 2008 at 22:55 UTC
    First, listen to ikegami. Second, try this as a last resort:

    #!/usr/bin/perl

use URI::file;

my $file = URI::file->new( 'http://foo.com/bar/file.foo' )->file;
print $file, "\n";

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      sub URI::file { return (shift->path_segments)[-1] }

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      doesn't work
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