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Changes for version 3.19 - 2006-07-11

  • When abs2rel() is called with two relative paths (e.g. abs2rel('foo/bar/baz', 'foo/bar')) the resolution algorithm needlessly called cwd() (twice!) to turn both arguments into absolute paths. Now it avoids the cwd() calls with a workaround, making a big efficiency win when abs2rel() is called repeatedly. [Brendan O'Dea]
  • Added a build-time dependency on ExtUtils::Install version 1.39 when on Windows. This is necessary because version 1.39 knows how to replace an in-use Cwd shared library, but previous versions don't. [Suggested by Adam Kennedy]
  • Fixed File::Spec::Win32->canonpath('foo/../bar'), which was returning \bar, and now properly returns just bar. [Spotted by Heinrich Tegethoff]

Modules

Cwd
get pathname of current working directory
portably perform operations on file names
methods for Cygwin file specs
methods for Epoc file specs
portably perform operations on file names
File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
methods for OS/2 file specs
File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
methods for VMS file specs
methods for Win32 file specs