File::PathList 0.02

File::PathList is a Perl module that can find a file within a set of paths (like @INC or Java classpaths). SYNOPSIS # Create a basic pathset my $inc = File::PathList->new( @INC ); # Again, but with more explicit params my $inc2 = File::PathList->new( paths => @INC, cache => 1, ); # Get the full (localised) path for a unix-style relative path my $file = "foo/bar/baz.txt"; my $path = $inc->find_file( $file ); if ( $path ) { print "Found $file at $pathn"; } else { print "Failed to find $filen"; } Many systems that map generic relative paths to absolute paths do so with a set of base paths. For example, perl itself when loading classes first turn a Class::Name into a path like Class/Name.pm, and thens looks through each element of @INC to find the actual file. To aid in portability, all relative paths are provided as unix-style relative paths, and converted to the localised version in the process of looking up the path..

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	File,  Filepathlist,  Find A,  Find A File,  Inc,  Libraries,  Module,  Path,  Pathlist,  Paths,  Perl,  Perl Module,  Programming,  Relative
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