Re: Re: (tye)Re: ADD PATH TO @INC

or, iirc, you can just use forward slashes ala

print "C:/ads/lib";
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and perl will automagically convert it on win32.

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(tye)Re2: ADD PATH TO @INC by tye (Sage) on Jun 19, 2001 at 10:39 UTC
Perl doesn't do much automatic convert of / to \ on Win32. I think it is actually more common that some modules convert \ to / when on Win32 so that the rest of their code doesn't have to deal with \ directory separators. The fact is that Win32 allows / as a directory separator in almost all places. The few exceptions I have found include Many programs that use / for command-line options (such as most programs from Microsoft) won't let you use / as a directory separator for file names on their command line. The standard "open file dialog" controls don't allow / as a directory separator. The DefineDosDevice() API call doesn't allow the use of / in the definition of a "raw target path". So, in Perl on Win32, you will only very rarely run into problem using / as a directory separator except if you try to use it on some other program's command line. Unfortunately, there are also some fairly rare cases where using \ as a directory separator will cause you problems in Perl, so there isn't just one simple solution. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: (tye)Re: ADD PATH TO @INC by myocom (Deacon) on Jun 19, 2001 at 03:20 UTC
Yes and no. Your code, `print "C:/ads/lib";` will print `C:/ads/lib`. But Perl on Win32 will correctly understand / as a path separator (e.g., `open FILE, 'C:/ads/lib/file.txt';`).	[reply] [d/l] [select]