Re: RFC 100 (v1) Embed full URI support into Perl

[email protected] (Chaim Frenkel) 14 Aug 2000 22:12:40 -0400

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>>>>> "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[email protected]> writes:

PRL>    $fo = open "C:\Windows\System";        # non-portable
PRL>    $fo = open "file://C|/Windows/System"; # portable

In what way is the second example portable? I don't think it will
do anything useful on any of my *nix boxes.

PRL>    unlink "/local/etc/script.conf";       # non-portable
PRL>    unlink "file:///local/etc/script.conf";# portable

Nor this on a dos box.

<chaim>
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