Re: RISC OS & Unix filenames

In article <[email protected]>,
   Nicholas Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 06:35:26PM +0000, Tanner Family wrote:
> > Hacking around with trying to use dirname on a riscos filename, I've
> > noted the following:
> > 
> > 1/ RISCOS::Filespec::convert appears to be returning 1 when using
> > riscos filenames (judging by paths taken @ around lines 71 & 243 of
> > File.Basename/pm)

> I'm not convinced you mean 71 (or I'm not seeing what you see), but 243
> makes sense. RISCOS::Filespec::convert should be returning 1 when
> conversion to/from Unix is on (the run time default) and 0 when using
> RISC OS filenames. [with use RISCOS; being the easiest way to switch to
> using RISC OS filenames]
Err, right, for 71, read 171. Sorry.

> > 2/ The split for dirpath & basename is inccorrect

> This expression?
> ($dirpath,$basename) = ($fullname =~ /(.*[:\.])?(.*)/);

> Can you give examples of paths it's getting wrong?
> What should it be?
Looking at this in a slightly more sober state, I think I must have
changed this whilst trying to get fileparse to work, I forgot to unchange
it and confused myself. Sorry.

> > 3/ The check to see if running RISCOS with unix conversion should be
> > rearranged a little so the check & reset of fstype is done but the else
> > clause isn't. Replacement code as follows:

> It seems I'd come to the same conclusion. I think you've got a
> File::Basename dated April 1999. I found that I had modified a version
> dated July 1999 with a functionally similar change, which is (buried) in
> the source114 file on http://www.ccl4.org/~nick/P/

> (which should be linked to from http://www.unfortu.net/~nick/ )

> I've attaced the newer File::Basename. Does the check in it do what you
> were expecting now?
Yes, that works spiffily.

> > PS Are there any plans for releasing perl 5.6 for Risc OS?

> I don't have any plans for the 5.6 series. I don't like the 5.6 series.
> [This doesn't block anyone else releasing a port of 5.6 for RISC OS]
Looks like something for me to do in the new year then!

> I'm currently not using RISC OS much, so I have no direct motivation to
> port to RISC OS, and a lot of "distraction" working on bits of the perl
> core for the upcoming 5.8.
5.8? I wasn't aware 5.7 had been released yet!

> (Which given time, I would like to have ported to RISC OS. "like to
> have" in that again I'd be happy to see a port independant of who did
> the porting)

> A newer 5.005_03 port release with any minor tidy ups) is more likely.

> Nicholas Clark

Thanks for the response.

Tom

Regards
Thos
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