Re: catfile/catdir collapses two leading slashes //

Since File::Spec::Functions is system specific, the warning ("Don't assume ...") doesn't apply.

Since you are using a unix system, "//" can be collapsed, and you get

/special/semantic/path/definition
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Since I use a Windows system, leading "\\" is special, and I get

\\special\semantic\path\definition
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Re^2: catfile/catdir collapses two leading slashes // by repellent (Priest) on Sep 17, 2008 at 20:31 UTC
Then I would suggest Files and Filesystems be updated. After all, it did mention "two leading slashes". I was also confused, because it mentioned "networking and clustering filesystems". These filesystems are not platform-specific. Shouldn't caution be taken every time, since a *nix system could potentially access a Windows network FS?	[reply]
Re^3: catfile/catdir collapses two leading slashes // by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 17, 2008 at 22:20 UTC
It's only used by the volume portion of UNC paths. If you were to mount a Windows share onto a unix system, I don't see why you'd use "\\" (or "//") anywhere. For example, if `\\server\docs` was mounted as `/mount/docs`, I presume `\\server\docs\some\path` would be addressed as `/mount/docs/some/path`. "Files and Filesystems" is correct. You shouldn't assume you can't. That doesn't mean you never can.	[reply] [d/l] [select]