NAME File::Spec::Unix - methods used by File::Spec SYNOPSIS "require File::Spec::Unix;" DESCRIPTION Methods for manipulating file specifications. METHODS canonpath No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.". catdir Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting string, because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses OS2. Of course, if this is the root directory, don't cut off the trailing slash :-) catfile Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a complete path ending with a filename curdir Returns a string representing of the current directory. "." on UNIX. rootdir Returns a string representing of the root directory. "/" on UNIX. updir Returns a string representing of the parent directory. ".." on UNIX. no_upwards Given a list of file names, strip out those that refer to a parent directory. (Does not strip symlinks, only '.', '..', and equivalents.) file_name_is_absolute Takes as argument a path and returns true, if it is an absolute path. path Takes no argument, returns the environment variable PATH as an array. join join is the same as catfile. nativename TBW. SEE ALSO File::Spec