in reply to Re: File::Copy - not working!
in thread File::Copy - not working!

What syntax would I use if I were to use File::Basename?

I presumed that tmpFileName() was a function in File::Copy. Was obviously mistaken.

Thanks for the advice and comments.

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Re: Re: Re: File::Copy - not working!
by helgi (Hermit) on Jun 19, 2003 at 14:29 UTC
    Since your incoming path seems to have Windows type backslashes as delimiters, I am using that below.

    However, you should always use forward slashe, even under Windows, and get rid of them as soon as possible with something like: $path =~ s.\\.\/.g;

    use warnings;
use strict;
use File::Basename;
my $path_to_file = 'bla\bla\full\path\to\file.ext';
$path_to_file =~ s.\\.\/.g;
my ($file,$path) = fileparse($path_to_file);
print "$file is in $path\n";

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    For copying files using File::Copy, you do: 

    use File::Copy;
copy $file,$newpath or die "Cannot copy $file to $newpath:$!\n";

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    --
    Regards,
    Helgi Briem
    helgi DOT briem AT decode DOT is
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      I tried the above and it did not work as expected, or shall I say at all.

      my $path_to_file is a file form field on a web page being displayed on a windows client, hence c:\...... do you think that is why it does not work? Is your $path_to_file on the same machine (in my case the linux web server)?

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