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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/lib/File/Copy.pm b/lib/File/Copy.pm index 0f17e2b9ac..1cf084bb91 100644 --- a/lib/File/Copy.pm +++ b/lib/File/Copy.pm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub syscopy; sub cp; sub mv; -$VERSION = '2.20'; +$VERSION = '2.21'; require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); @@ -529,9 +529,6 @@ VMS systems, this calls the C<rmscopy> routine (see below). For OS/2 systems, this calls the C<syscopy> XSUB directly. For Win32 systems, this calls C<Win32::CopyFile>. -On Mac OS (Classic), C<syscopy> calls C<Mac::MoreFiles::FSpFileCopy>, -if available. - B<Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)>: If both arguments to C<copy> are not file handles, @@ -590,34 +587,6 @@ it sets C<$!>, deletes the output file, and returns 0. All functions return 1 on success, 0 on failure. $! will be set if an error was encountered. -=head1 NOTES - -=over 4 - -=item * - -On Mac OS (Classic), the path separator is ':', not '/', and the -current directory is denoted as ':', not '.'. You should be careful -about specifying relative pathnames. While a full path always begins -with a volume name, a relative pathname should always begin with a -':'. If specifying a volume name only, a trailing ':' is required. - -E.g. - - copy("file1", "tmp"); # creates the file 'tmp' in the current directory - copy("file1", ":tmp:"); # creates :tmp:file1 - copy("file1", ":tmp"); # same as above - copy("file1", "tmp"); # same as above, if 'tmp' is a directory (but don't do - # that, since it may cause confusion, see example #1) - copy("file1", "tmp:file1"); # error, since 'tmp:' is not a volume - copy("file1", ":tmp:file1"); # ok, partial path - copy("file1", "DataHD:"); # creates DataHD:file1 - - move("MacintoshHD:fileA", "DataHD:fileB"); # moves (doesn't copy) files from one - # volume to another - -=back - =head1 AUTHOR File::Copy was written by Aaron Sherman I<E<lt>ajs@ajs.comE<gt>> in 1995, |