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PathConvert module 0.1 for perl version5

					Shigio Yamaguchi	23-Oct-1996

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1. Introduction

This module has three subroutines and a sample application.

realpath - make a canonicalized absolute path name

abs2rel - make a relative path from an absolute path

	'/usr/src/bin' and '/usr/local/lib' -> '../../src/bin'
	(target directory)  (current directory)

rel2abs - make an absolute path from a relative path

	'../../src/bin' and '/usr/local/lib' -> '/usr/src/bin'
	(target directory)  (current directory)

mkshadow - a sample application of PathConvert module

	This command duplicate directory tree with relative symbolic link.

2. Method for test and install

You need perl version 5.002 or later.

	% perl Makefile.PL
	% make
	% make test
	# make install		<- as a root

3. Files list

README		... this file
Makefile.PL	... makefile for test and install
PathConvert.pm	... PathConvert module
mkshadow	... sample application of PathConvert module
test.pl		... test script
MANIFEST	... file list

4. Copyright

Copyright (c) 1996 Shigio Yamaguchi. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


Please enjoy and report any bugs to <shigio@ca2.so-net.or.jp>.
Thank you.
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