Re: [MacPerl-Porters] [ macperl-Bugs-489074 ] return value of File::Spec->tmpdir()

At 12:56 Uhr -0800 04.12.2001, [email protected] wrote:
>Bugs item #489074, was opened at 2001-12-04 12:56
>You can respond by visiting: 
>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107940&aid=489074&group_id=7940
>
>Category: None
>Group: None
>Status: Open
>Resolution: None
>Priority: 5
>Submitted By: Axel Rose (axelrose)
>Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Summary: return value of File::Spec->tmpdir()
>
>Initial Comment:
>#!perl -w
>use File::Spec;
>
>my $tmpdir = File::Spec->tmpdir();
>print "tmpdir = '$tmpdir'\n";
>
>__END__
>
>5.6.1b2 returns:
>tmpdir = 'Festplatte:Temporary Items::'
>
>5.20r4 returns:
>tmpdir = ''
>


Axel,

older versions of File::Spec don't implement tmpdir(), so that's probably the reason why 5.20r4 returns nothing. Regarding MacPerl 5.6.1, you might try the following: Delete the "MacPerl 5 Preferences " file (in case it gets mangeled, the last character is a option-d), launch the MacPerl app again and run your test script. I wouldn't be surprised, if that error has gone, magically :). Early alpha versions indeed have had a bug and have stored the buggy path in the pref file. Since new pref files are only created when the app can't find an existing one, bingo, you still get that error. Guess who has fallen in this trap, too ? ;-)

Best regards,

--Thomas




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