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

On 14 Aug 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:

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

Can you explain how the second is portable to non-Windows systems?  What
does "C|" mean on my Linux box?

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

The same goes here.  How does this help you when you're on a system with
multiple roots from which "local" could be hiding under?

How is this better than File::Spec's approach?

-sam