NAME
    File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs

SYNOPSIS
     require File::Spec::Win32; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed

DESCRIPTION
    See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there.
    This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the
    semantics.

    devnull
        Returns a string representation of the null device.

    tmpdir
        Returns a string representation of the first existing directory from
        the following list:

            $ENV{TMPDIR}
            $ENV{TEMP}
            $ENV{TMP}
            SYS:/temp
            C:/temp
            /tmp
            /

        The SYS:/temp is preferred in Novell NetWare (the File::Spec::Win32
        is used also for NetWare).

        Since Perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if the
        environment variables are tainted, they are not used.

    catfile
        Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
        complete path ending with a filename

    canonpath
        No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a
        path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.". On
        Win32 makes

                dir1\dir2\dir3\..\..\dir4 -> \dir\dir4 and even
                dir1\dir2\dir3\...\dir4   -> \dir\dir4

    splitpath
            ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
            ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );

        Splits a path into volume, directory, and filename portions. Assumes
        that the last file is a path unless the path ends in '\\', '\\.',
        '\\..' or $no_file is true. On Win32 this means that $no_file true
        makes this return ( $volume, $path, '' ).

        Separators accepted are \ and /.

        Volumes can be drive letters or UNC sharenames (\\server\share).

        The results can be passed to "catpath" to get back a path equivalent
        to (usually identical to) the original path.

    splitdir
        The opposite of catdir().

            @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );

        $directories must be only the directory portion of the path on
        systems that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax
        that differentiates files from directories.

        Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, leading
        empty and trailing directory entries can be returned, because these
        are significant on some OSs. So,

            File::Spec->splitdir( "/a/b/c" );

        Yields:

            ( '', 'a', 'b', '', 'c', '' )

    catpath
        Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire
        path. Under Unix, $volume is ignored, and this is just like
        catfile(). On other OSs, the $volume become significant.

  Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
    Novell NetWare inherits its File::Spec behaviour from File::Spec::Win32.

SEE ALSO
    See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix. This package overrides the
    implementation of these methods, not the semantics.

