Change 14975 by ams@lustre on 2002/03/04 02:01:27
Subject: [PATCH] File::Path documentation
From: Colin Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:54:24 -0800
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/lib/File/Path.pm#30 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/lib/File/Path.pm#30 (text) ====
Index: perl/lib/File/Path.pm
--- perl/lib/File/Path.pm.~1~ Sun Mar 3 19:15:05 2002
+++ perl/lib/File/Path.pm Sun Mar 3 19:15:05 2002
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
It returns a list of all directories (including intermediates, determined
using the Unix '/' separator) created.
+If a system error prevents a directory from being created, then the
+C<mkpath> function throws a fatal error with Perl's C<croak> mechanism.
+This error can be trapped with an C<eval> block:
+
+ eval { mkpath($dir) };
+ if ($@) {
+ print "Couldn't create $dir: $@";
+ }
+
Similarly, the C<rmtree> function provides a convenient way to delete a
subtree from the directory structure, much like the Unix command C<rm -r>.
C<rmtree> takes three arguments:
End of Patch.
