Using Path::Class

By Ken Williams from Minneapolis.pm
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 02:15 PM
Duration: 20 minutes
Target audience: Beginner
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Tags: directories files

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File::Spec is the traditional solution for coders who need to deal with paths in a cross-platform way, but it's actually quite difficult to use safely. This talk will introduce Path::Class, an alternative to File::Spec that aims to make it so convenient to do things correctly that everything just works the way you mean it to. We'll point out some of File::Spec's pitfalls and show how to achieve common tasks in Path::Class.