FILE::SPEC::FUNCTIONS(3perl)

✨ NAME ✨

File::Spec::Functions — bestie, it does operations on file names, but portably 💅 like it works everywhere and doesn't care what OS you're on.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use File::Spec::Functions;
my $x = catfile('a', 'b');

okay so literally two lines and you're already slaying 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea, bestie: this module exports convenience functions for all of the class methods that File::Spec gives you. It's giving "I don't wanna type File::Spec-> a million times" energy and honestly? Same. 🙈

Wanna see the full reference of available functions? Go consult File::Spec::Unix — that one has the entire set of them, and it's the one that gets inherited by the modules for the other platforms. So like, it's the blueprint, the blueprint's blueprint. ✨

And for even more info, go peek at File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Win32, or File::Spec::VMS. iykyk 🫶

💖 Exports

These ones below? Exported by default. Like, you get them automatically, no questions asked, they just show up for you like a good friend. 🤝

canonpath
catdir
catfile
curdir
rootdir
updir
no_upwards
file_name_is_absolute
path

And these next ones? You gotta ask for them. Exported only by request. Not clingy, they wait for an invitation. 💌

devnull
tmpdir
splitpath
splitdir
catpath
abs2rel
rel2abs
case_tolerant

Oh and btw — literally all of them (yes, all) can be imported using the ":ALL" tag. One tag, everything, no cap. 👑

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. so like, go wild legally speaking 🎀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• File::Spec
• File::Spec::Unix
• File::Spec::Mac
• File::Spec::OS2
• File::Spec::Win32
• File::Spec::VMS
• ExtUtils::MakeMaker

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and that's the whole vibe bestie, you're officially a file path icon 💅⭐

perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17 — yeah I know, iconic timing, it ate. 🫶✨