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NAME
Path::Tiny - File path utility
VERSION
version 0.146
SYNOPSIS
use Path::Tiny;
# Creating Path::Tiny objects
my $dir = path("/tmp");
my $foo = path("foo.txt");
my $subdir = $dir->child("foo");
my $bar = $subdir->child("bar.txt");
# Stringifies as cleaned up path
my $file = path("./foo.txt");
print $file; # "foo.txt"
# Reading files
my $guts = $file->slurp;
$guts = $file->slurp_utf8;
my @lines = $file->lines;
@lines = $file->lines_utf8;
my ($head) = $file->lines( {count => 1} );
my ($tail) = $file->lines( {count => -1} );
# Writing files
$bar->spew( @data );
$bar->spew_utf8( @data );
# Reading directories
for ( $dir->children ) { ... }
my $iter = $dir->iterator;
while ( my $next = $iter->() ) { ... }
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a small, fast utility for working with file paths. It is friendlier to use than
File::Spec and provides easy access to functions from several other core file handling modules. It aims
to be smaller and faster than many alternatives on CPAN, while helping people do many common things in
consistent and less error-prone ways.
Path::Tiny does not try to work for anything except Unix-like and Win32 platforms. Even then, it might
break if you try something particularly obscure or tortuous. (Quick! What does this mean:
"///../../..//./././a//b/.././c/././"? And how does it differ on Win32?)
All paths are forced to have Unix-style forward slashes. Stringifying the object gives you back the path
(after some clean up).
File input/output methods "flock" handles before reading or writing, as appropriate (if supported by the
platform and/or filesystem).
The *_utf8 methods ("slurp_utf8", "lines_utf8", etc.) operate in raw mode. On Windows, that means they
will not have CRLF translation from the ":crlf" IO layer. Installing Unicode::UTF8 0.58 or later will
speed up *_utf8 situations in many cases and is highly recommended. Alternatively, installing
PerlIO::utf8_strict 0.003 or later will be used in place of the default :encoding(UTF-8).
This module depends heavily on PerlIO layers for correct operation and thus requires Perl 5.008001 or
later.
CONSTRUCTORS
path
$path = path("foo/bar");
$path = path("/tmp", "file.txt"); # list
$path = path("."); # cwd
Constructs a "Path::Tiny" object. It doesn't matter if you give a file or directory path. It's still up
to you to call directory-like methods only on directories and file-like methods only on files. This
function is exported automatically by default.
The first argument must be defined and have non-zero length or an exception will be thrown. This
prevents subtle, dangerous errors with code like "path( maybe_undef() )->remove_tree".
DEPRECATED: If and only if the first character of the first argument to "path" is a tilde ('~'), then
tilde replacement will be applied to the first path segment. A single tilde will be replaced with
glob('~') and a tilde followed by a username will be replaced with output of glob('~username'). No other
method does tilde expansion on its arguments. See "Tilde expansion (deprecated)" for more.
On Windows, if the path consists of a drive identifier without a path component ("C:" or "D:"), it will
be expanded to the absolute path of the current directory on that volume using Cwd::getdcwd().
If called with a single "Path::Tiny" argument, the original is returned unless the original is holding a
temporary file or directory reference in which case a stringified copy is made.
$path = path("foo/bar");
$temp = Path::Tiny->tempfile;
$p2 = path($path); # like $p2 = $path
$t2 = path($temp); # like $t2 = path( "$temp" )
This optimizes copies without proliferating references unexpectedly if a copy is made by code outside
your control.
Current API available since 0.017.
new
$path = Path::Tiny->new("foo/bar");
This is just like "path", but with method call overhead. (Why would you do that?)
Current API available since 0.001.
cwd
$path = Path::Tiny->cwd; # path( Cwd::getcwd )
$path = cwd; # optional export
Gives you the absolute path to the current directory as a "Path::Tiny" object. This is slightly faster
than "path(".")->absolute".
"cwd" may be exported on request and used as a function instead of as a method.
Current API available since 0.018.
rootdir
$path = Path::Tiny->rootdir; # /
$path = rootdir; # optional export
Gives you "File::Spec->rootdir" as a "Path::Tiny" object if you're too picky for path("/").
"rootdir" may be exported on request and used as a function instead of as a method.
Current API available since 0.018.
tempfile, tempdir
$temp = Path::Tiny->tempfile( @options );
$temp = Path::Tiny->tempdir( @options );
$temp = $dirpath->tempfile( @options );
$temp = $dirpath->tempdir( @options );
$temp = tempfile( @options ); # optional export
$temp = tempdir( @options ); # optional export
"tempfile" passes the options to "File::Temp->new" and returns a "Path::Tiny" object with the file name.
The "TMPDIR" option will be enabled by default, but you can override that by passing "TMPDIR => 0" along
with the options. (If you use an absolute "TEMPLATE" option, you will want to disable "TMPDIR".)
The resulting "File::Temp" object is cached. When the "Path::Tiny" object is destroyed, the "File::Temp"
object will be as well.
"File::Temp" annoyingly requires you to specify a custom template in slightly different ways depending on
which function or method you call, but "Path::Tiny" lets you ignore that and can take either a leading
template or a "TEMPLATE" option and does the right thing.
$temp = Path::Tiny->tempfile( "customXXXXXXXX" ); # ok
$temp = Path::Tiny->tempfile( TEMPLATE => "customXXXXXXXX" ); # ok
The tempfile path object will be normalized to have an absolute path, even if created in a relative
directory using "DIR". If you want it to have the "realpath" instead, pass a leading options hash like
this:
$real_temp = tempfile({realpath => 1}, @options);
"tempdir" is just like "tempfile", except it calls "File::Temp->newdir" instead.
Both "tempfile" and "tempdir" may be exported on request and used as functions instead of as methods.
The methods can be called on an instances representing a directory. In this case, the directory is used
as the base to create the temporary file/directory, setting the "DIR" option in File::Temp.
my $target_dir = path('/to/destination');
my $tempfile = $target_dir->tempfile('foobarXXXXXX');
$tempfile->spew('A lot of data...'); # not atomic
$tempfile->move($target_dir->child('foobar')); # hopefully atomic
In this case, any value set for option "DIR" is ignored.
Note: for tempfiles, the filehandles from File::Temp are closed and not reused. This is not as secure as
using File::Temp handles directly, but is less prone to deadlocks or access problems on some platforms.
Think of what "Path::Tiny" gives you to be just a temporary file name that gets cleaned up.
Note 2: if you don't want these cleaned up automatically when the object is destroyed, File::Temp
requires different options for directories and files. Use "CLEANUP => 0" for directories and "UNLINK =>
0" for files.
Note 3: Don't lose the temporary object by chaining a method call instead of storing it:
my $lost = tempdir()->child("foo"); # tempdir cleaned up right away
Note 4: The cached object may be accessed with the "cached_temp" method. Keeping a reference to, or
modifying the cached object may break the behavior documented above and is not supported. Use at your
own risk.
Current API available since 0.119.
METHODS
absolute
$abs = path("foo/bar")->absolute;
$abs = path("foo/bar")->absolute("/tmp");
Returns a new "Path::Tiny" object with an absolute path (or itself if already absolute). If no argument
is given, the current directory is used as the absolute base path. If an argument is given, it will be
converted to an absolute path (if it is not already) and used as the absolute base path.
This will not resolve upward directories ("foo/../bar") unless "canonpath" in File::Spec would normally
do so on your platform. If you need them resolved, you must call the more expensive "realpath" method
instead.
On Windows, an absolute path without a volume component will have it added based on the current drive.
Current API available since 0.101.
append, append_raw, append_utf8
path("foo.txt")->append(@data);
path("foo.txt")->append(\@data);
path("foo.txt")->append({binmode => ":raw"}, @data);
path("foo.txt")->append_raw(@data);
path("foo.txt")->append_utf8(@data);
Appends data to a file. The file is locked with "flock" prior to writing and closed afterwards. An
optional hash reference may be used to pass options. Valid options are:
• "binmode": passed to binmode() on the handle used for writing.
• "truncate": truncates the file after locking and before appending
The "truncate" option is a way to replace the contents of a file in place, unlike "spew" which writes to
a temporary file and then replaces the original (if it exists).
"append_raw" is like "append" with a "binmode" of ":unix" for a fast, unbuffered, raw write.
"append_utf8" is like "append" with an unbuffered "binmode" :unix:encoding(UTF-8) (or ":unix:utf8_strict"
with PerlIO::utf8_strict). If Unicode::UTF8 0.58+ is installed, an unbuffered, raw append will be done
instead on the data encoded with "Unicode::UTF8".
Current API available since 0.060.
assert
$path = path("foo.txt")->assert( sub { $_->exists } );
Returns the invocant after asserting that a code reference argument returns true. When the assertion
code reference runs, it will have the invocant object in the $_ variable. If it returns false, an
exception will be thrown. The assertion code reference may also throw its own exception.
If no assertion is provided, the invocant is returned without error.
Current API available since 0.062.
basename
$name = path("foo/bar.txt")->basename; # bar.txt
$name = path("foo.txt")->basename('.txt'); # foo
$name = path("foo.txt")->basename(qr/.txt/); # foo
$name = path("foo.txt")->basename(@suffixes);
Returns the file portion or last directory portion of a path.
Given a list of suffixes as strings or regular expressions, any that match at the end of the file portion
or last directory portion will be removed before the result is returned.
Current API available since 0.054.
canonpath
$canonical = path("foo/bar")->canonpath; # foo\bar on Windows
Returns a string with the canonical format of the path name for the platform. In particular, this means
directory separators will be "\" on Windows.
Current API available since 0.001.
cached_temp
Returns the cached "File::Temp" or "File::Temp::Dir" object if the "Path::Tiny" object was created with
"/tempfile" or "/tempdir". If there is no such object, this method throws.
WARNING: Keeping a reference to, or modifying the cached object may break the behavior documented for
temporary files and directories created with "Path::Tiny" and is not supported. Use at your own risk.
Current API available since 0.101.
child
$file = path("/tmp")->child("foo.txt"); # "/tmp/foo.txt"
$file = path("/tmp")->child(@parts);
Returns a new "Path::Tiny" object relative to the original. Works like "catfile" or "catdir" from
File::Spec, but without caring about file or directories.
WARNING: because the argument could contain ".." or refer to symlinks, there is no guarantee that the new
path refers to an actual descendent of the original. If this is important to you, transform parent and
child with "realpath" and check them with "subsumes".
Current API available since 0.001.
children
@paths = path("/tmp")->children;
@paths = path("/tmp")->children( qr/\.txt\z/ );
Returns a list of "Path::Tiny" objects for all files and directories within a directory. Excludes "."
and ".." automatically.
If an optional "qr//" argument is provided, it only returns objects for child names that match the given
regular expression. Only the base name is used for matching:
@paths = path("/tmp")->children( qr/^foo/ );
# matches children like the glob foo*
Current API available since 0.028.
chmod
path("foo.txt")->chmod(0777);
path("foo.txt")->chmod("0755");
path("foo.txt")->chmod("go-w");
path("foo.txt")->chmod("a=r,u+wx");
Sets file or directory permissions. The argument can be a numeric mode, a octal string beginning with a
"0" or a limited subset of the symbolic mode use by /bin/chmod.
The symbolic mode must be a comma-delimited list of mode clauses. Clauses must match
"qr/\A([augo]+)([=+-])([rwx]+)\z/", which defines "who", "op" and "perms" parameters for each clause.
Unlike /bin/chmod, all three parameters are required for each clause, multiple ops are not allowed and
permissions "stugoX" are not supported. (See File::chmod for more complex needs.)
Current API available since 0.053.
copy
path("/tmp/foo.txt")->copy("/tmp/bar.txt");
Copies the current path to the given destination using File::Copy's "copy" function. Upon success,
returns the "Path::Tiny" object for the newly copied file.
Current API available since 0.070.
digest
$obj = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->digest; # SHA-256
$obj = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->digest("MD5"); # user-selected
$obj = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->digest( { chunk_size => 1e6 }, "MD5" );
Returns a hexadecimal digest for a file. An optional hash reference of options may be given. The only
option is "chunk_size". If "chunk_size" is given, that many bytes will be read at a time. If not
provided, the entire file will be slurped into memory to compute the digest.
Any subsequent arguments are passed to the constructor for Digest to select an algorithm. If no
arguments are given, the default is SHA-256.
Current API available since 0.056.
dirname (deprecated)
$name = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->dirname; # "/tmp/"
Returns the directory portion you would get from calling "File::Spec->splitpath( $path->stringify )" or
"." for a path without a parent directory portion. Because File::Spec is inconsistent, the result might
or might not have a trailing slash. Because of this, this method is deprecated.
A better, more consistently approach is likely "$path->parent->stringify", which will not have a trailing
slash except for a root directory.
Deprecated in 0.056.
edit, edit_raw, edit_utf8
path("foo.txt")->edit( \&callback, $options );
path("foo.txt")->edit_utf8( \&callback );
path("foo.txt")->edit_raw( \&callback );
These are convenience methods that allow "editing" a file using a single callback argument. They slurp
the file using "slurp", place the contents inside a localized $_ variable, call the callback function
(without arguments), and then write $_ (presumably mutated) back to the file with "spew".
An optional hash reference may be used to pass options. The only option is "binmode", which is passed to
"slurp" and "spew".
"edit_utf8" and "edit_raw" act like their respective "slurp_*" and "spew_*" methods.
Current API available since 0.077.
edit_lines, edit_lines_utf8, edit_lines_raw
path("foo.txt")->edit_lines( \&callback, $options );
path("foo.txt")->edit_lines_utf8( \&callback );
path("foo.txt")->edit_lines_raw( \&callback );
These are convenience methods that allow "editing" a file's lines using a single callback argument. They
iterate over the file: for each line, the line is put into a localized $_ variable, the callback function
is executed (without arguments) and then $_ is written to a temporary file. When iteration is finished,
the temporary file is atomically renamed over the original.
An optional hash reference may be used to pass options. The only option is "binmode", which is passed to
the method that open handles for reading and writing.
"edit_lines_raw" is like "edit_lines" with a buffered "binmode" of ":raw".
"edit_lines_utf8" is like "edit_lines" with a buffered "binmode" :raw:encoding(UTF-8) (or
":raw:utf8_strict" with PerlIO::utf8_strict).
Current API available since 0.077.
exists, is_file, is_dir
if ( path("/tmp")->exists ) { ... } # -e
if ( path("/tmp")->is_dir ) { ... } # -d
if ( path("/tmp")->is_file ) { ... } # -e && ! -d
Implements file test operations, this means the file or directory actually has to exist on the
filesystem. Until then, it's just a path.
Note: "is_file" is not "-f" because "-f" is not the opposite of "-d". "-f" means "plain file", excluding
symlinks, devices, etc. that often can be read just like files.
Use "-f" instead if you really mean to check for a plain file.
Current API available since 0.053.
filehandle
$fh = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->filehandle($mode, $binmode);
$fh = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->filehandle({ locked => 1 }, $mode, $binmode);
$fh = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->filehandle({ exclusive => 1 }, $mode, $binmode);
Returns an open file handle. The $mode argument must be a Perl-style read/write mode string ("<" ,">",
">>", etc.). If a $binmode is given, it is set during the "open" call.
An optional hash reference may be used to pass options.
The "locked" option governs file locking; if true, handles opened for writing, appending or read-write
are locked with "LOCK_EX"; otherwise, they are locked with "LOCK_SH". When using "locked", ">" or "+>"
modes will delay truncation until after the lock is acquired.
The "exclusive" option causes the open() call to fail if the file already exists. This corresponds to
the O_EXCL flag to sysopen / open(2). "exclusive" implies "locked" and will set it for you if you forget
it.
See "openr", "openw", "openrw", and "opena" for sugar.
Current API available since 0.066.
has_same_bytes
if ( path("foo.txt")->has_same_bytes("bar.txt") ) {
# ...
}
This method returns true if both the invocant and the argument can be opened as file handles and the
handles contain the same bytes. It returns false if their contents differ. If either can't be opened as
a file (e.g. a directory or non-existent file), the method throws an exception. If both can be opened
and both have the same "realpath", the method returns true without scanning any data.
Current API available since 0.125.
is_absolute, is_relative
if ( path("/tmp")->is_absolute ) { ... }
if ( path("/tmp")->is_relative ) { ... }
Booleans for whether the path appears absolute or relative.
Current API available since 0.001.
is_rootdir
while ( ! $path->is_rootdir ) {
$path = $path->parent;
...
}
Boolean for whether the path is the root directory of the volume. I.e. the "dirname" is "q[/]" and the
"basename" is "q[]".
This works even on "MSWin32" with drives and UNC volumes:
path("C:/")->is_rootdir; # true
path("//server/share/")->is_rootdir; #true
Current API available since 0.038.
iterator
$iter = path("/tmp")->iterator( \%options );
Returns a code reference that walks a directory lazily. Each invocation returns a "Path::Tiny" object or
undef when the iterator is exhausted.
$iter = path("/tmp")->iterator;
while ( $path = $iter->() ) {
...
}
The current and parent directory entries ("." and "..") will not be included.
If the "recurse" option is true, the iterator will walk the directory recursively, breadth-first. If the
"follow_symlinks" option is also true, directory links will be followed recursively. There is no
protection against loops when following links. If a directory is not readable, it will not be followed.
The default is the same as:
$iter = path("/tmp")->iterator( {
recurse => 0,
follow_symlinks => 0,
} );
For a more powerful, recursive iterator with built-in loop avoidance, see Path::Iterator::Rule.
See also "visit".
Current API available since 0.016.
lines, lines_raw, lines_utf8
@contents = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines;
@contents = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines(\%options);
@contents = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines_raw;
@contents = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines_utf8;
@contents = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines( { chomp => 1, count => 4 } );
Returns a list of lines from a file. Optionally takes a hash-reference of options. Valid options are
"binmode", "count" and "chomp".
If "binmode" is provided, it will be set on the handle prior to reading.
If a positive "count" is provided, that many lines will be returned from the start of the file. If a
negative "count" is provided, the entire file will be read, but only abs(count) will be kept and
returned. If abs(count) exceeds the number of lines in the file, all lines will be returned.
If "chomp" is set, any end-of-line character sequences ("CR", "CRLF", or "LF") will be removed from the
lines returned.
Because the return is a list, "lines" in scalar context will return the number of lines (and throw away
the data).
$number_of_lines = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->lines;
"lines_raw" is like "lines" with a "binmode" of ":raw". We use ":raw" instead of ":unix" so PerlIO
buffering can manage reading by line.
"lines_utf8" is like "lines" with a "binmode" of :raw:encoding(UTF-8) (or ":raw:utf8_strict" with
PerlIO::utf8_strict). If Unicode::UTF8 0.58+ is installed, a raw, unbuffered UTF-8 slurp will be done
and then the lines will be split. This is actually faster than relying on IO layers, though a bit memory
intensive. If memory use is a concern, consider "openr_utf8" and iterating directly on the handle.
Current API available since 0.065.
mkdir
path("foo/bar/baz")->mkdir;
path("foo/bar/baz")->mkdir( \%options );
Like calling "make_path" from File::Path. An optional hash reference is passed through to "make_path".
Errors will be trapped and an exception thrown. Returns the the path object to facilitate chaining.
NOTE: unlike Perl's builtin "mkdir", this will create intermediate paths similar to the Unix "mkdir -p"
command. It will not error if applied to an existing directory.
Current API available since 0.125.
mkpath (deprecated)
Like calling "mkdir", but returns the list of directories created or an empty list if the directories
already exist, just like "make_path".
Deprecated in 0.125.
move
path("foo.txt")->move("bar.txt");
Moves the current path to the given destination using File::Copy's "move" function. Upon success, returns
the "Path::Tiny" object for the newly moved file.
If the destination already exists and is a directory, and the source is not a directory, then the source
file will be renamed into the directory specified by the destination.
If possible, move() will simply rename the file. Otherwise, it copies the file to the new location and
deletes the original. If an error occurs during this copy-and-delete process, you may be left with a
(possibly partial) copy of the file under the destination name.
Current API available since 0.124. Prior versions used Perl's -built-in (and less robust) rename function
and did not return an object.
openr, openw, openrw, opena
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openr($binmode); # read
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openr_raw;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openr_utf8;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openw($binmode); # write
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openw_raw;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openw_utf8;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->opena($binmode); # append
$fh = path("foo.txt")->opena_raw;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->opena_utf8;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openrw($binmode); # read/write
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openrw_raw;
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openrw_utf8;
Returns a file handle opened in the specified mode. The "openr" style methods take a single "binmode"
argument. All of the "open*" methods have "open*_raw" and "open*_utf8" equivalents that use buffered I/O
layers ":raw" and :raw:encoding(UTF-8) (or ":raw:utf8_strict" with PerlIO::utf8_strict).
An optional hash reference may be used to pass options. The only option is "locked". If true, handles
opened for writing, appending or read-write are locked with "LOCK_EX"; otherwise, they are locked for
"LOCK_SH".
$fh = path("foo.txt")->openrw_utf8( { locked => 1 } );
See "filehandle" for more on locking.
Current API available since 0.011.
parent
$parent = path("foo/bar/baz")->parent; # foo/bar
$parent = path("foo/wibble.txt")->parent; # foo
$parent = path("foo/bar/baz")->parent(2); # foo
Returns a "Path::Tiny" object corresponding to the parent directory of the original directory or file. An
optional positive integer argument is the number of parent directories upwards to return. "parent" by
itself is equivalent to parent(1).
Current API available since 0.014.
realpath
$real = path("/baz/foo/../bar")->realpath;
$real = path("foo/../bar")->realpath;
Returns a new "Path::Tiny" object with all symbolic links and upward directory parts resolved using Cwd's
"realpath". Compared to "absolute", this is more expensive as it must actually consult the filesystem.
If the parent path can't be resolved (e.g. if it includes directories that don't exist), an exception
will be thrown:
$real = path("doesnt_exist/foo")->realpath; # dies
However, if the parent path exists and only the last component (e.g. filename) doesn't exist, the
realpath will be the realpath of the parent plus the non-existent last component:
$real = path("./aasdlfasdlf")->realpath; # works
The underlying Cwd module usually worked this way on Unix, but died on Windows (and some Unixes) if the
full path didn't exist. As of version 0.064, it's safe to use anywhere.
Current API available since 0.001.
relative
$rel = path("/tmp/foo/bar")->relative("/tmp"); # foo/bar
Returns a "Path::Tiny" object with a path relative to a new base path given as an argument. If no
argument is given, the current directory will be used as the new base path.
If either path is already relative, it will be made absolute based on the current directly before
determining the new relative path.
The algorithm is roughly as follows:
• If the original and new base path are on different volumes, an exception will be thrown.
• If the original and new base are identical, the relative path is ".".
• If the new base subsumes the original, the relative path is the original path with the new base
chopped off the front
• If the new base does not subsume the original, a common prefix path is determined (possibly the root
directory) and the relative path will consist of updirs ("..") to reach the common prefix, followed
by the original path less the common prefix.
Unlike "File::Spec::abs2rel", in the last case above, the calculation based on a common prefix takes into
account symlinks that could affect the updir process. Given an original path "/A/B" and a new base
"/A/C", (where "A", "B" and "C" could each have multiple path components):
• Symlinks in "A" don't change the result unless the last component of A is a symlink and the first
component of "C" is an updir.
• Symlinks in "B" don't change the result and will exist in the result as given.
• Symlinks and updirs in "C" must be resolved to actual paths, taking into account the possibility that
not all path components might exist on the filesystem.
Current API available since 0.001. New algorithm (that accounts for symlinks) available since 0.079.
remove
path("foo.txt")->remove;
This is just like "unlink", except for its error handling: if the path does not exist, it returns false;
if deleting the file fails, it throws an exception.
Current API available since 0.012.
remove_tree
# directory
path("foo/bar/baz")->remove_tree;
path("foo/bar/baz")->remove_tree( \%options );
path("foo/bar/baz")->remove_tree( { safe => 0 } ); # force remove
Like calling "remove_tree" from File::Path, but defaults to "safe" mode. An optional hash reference is
passed through to "remove_tree". Errors will be trapped and an exception thrown. Returns the number of
directories deleted, just like "remove_tree".
If you want to remove a directory only if it is empty, use the built-in "rmdir" function instead.
rmdir path("foo/bar/baz/");
Current API available since 0.013.
sibling
$foo = path("/tmp/foo.txt");
$sib = $foo->sibling("bar.txt"); # /tmp/bar.txt
$sib = $foo->sibling("baz", "bam.txt"); # /tmp/baz/bam.txt
Returns a new "Path::Tiny" object relative to the parent of the original. This is slightly more
efficient than "$path->parent->child(...)".
Current API available since 0.058.
size, size_human
my $p = path("foo"); # with size 1025 bytes
$p->size; # "1025"
$p->size_human; # "1.1 K"
$p->size_human( {format => "iec"} ); # "1.1 KiB"
Returns the size of a file. The "size" method is just a wrapper around "-s".
The "size_human" method provides a human-readable string similar to "ls -lh". Like "ls", it rounds
upwards and provides one decimal place for single-digit sizes and no decimal places for larger sizes.
The only available option is "format", which has three valid values:
• 'ls' (the default): base-2 sizes, with "ls" style single-letter suffixes (K, M, etc.)
• 'iec': base-2 sizes, with IEC binary suffixes (KiB, MiB, etc.)
• 'si': base-10 sizes, with SI decimal suffixes (kB, MB, etc.)
If "-s" would return "undef", "size_human" returns the empty string.
Current API available since 0.122.
slurp, slurp_raw, slurp_utf8
$data = path("foo.txt")->slurp;
$data = path("foo.txt")->slurp( {binmode => ":raw"} );
$data = path("foo.txt")->slurp_raw;
$data = path("foo.txt")->slurp_utf8;
Reads file contents into a scalar. Takes an optional hash reference which may be used to pass options.
The only available option is "binmode", which is passed to binmode() on the handle used for reading.
"slurp_raw" is like "slurp" with a "binmode" of ":unix" for a fast, unbuffered, raw read.
"slurp_utf8" is like "slurp" with a "binmode" of :unix:encoding(UTF-8) (or ":unix:utf8_strict" with
PerlIO::utf8_strict). If Unicode::UTF8 0.58+ is installed, a unbuffered, raw slurp will be done instead
and the result decoded with "Unicode::UTF8". This is just as strict and is roughly an order of magnitude
faster than using :encoding(UTF-8).
Note: "slurp" and friends lock the filehandle before slurping. If you plan to slurp from a file created
with File::Temp, be sure to close other handles or open without locking to avoid a deadlock:
my $tempfile = File::Temp->new(EXLOCK => 0);
my $guts = path($tempfile)->slurp;
Current API available since 0.004.
spew, spew_raw, spew_utf8
path("foo.txt")->spew(@data);
path("foo.txt")->spew(\@data);
path("foo.txt")->spew({binmode => ":raw"}, @data);
path("foo.txt")->spew_raw(@data);
path("foo.txt")->spew_utf8(@data);
Writes data to a file atomically. The file is written to a temporary file in the same directory, then
renamed over the original. An optional hash reference may be used to pass options. The only option is
"binmode", which is passed to binmode() on the handle used for writing.
"spew_raw" is like "spew" with a "binmode" of ":unix" for a fast, unbuffered, raw write.
"spew_utf8" is like "spew" with a "binmode" of :unix:encoding(UTF-8) (or ":unix:utf8_strict" with
PerlIO::utf8_strict). If Unicode::UTF8 0.58+ is installed, a raw, unbuffered spew will be done instead
on the data encoded with "Unicode::UTF8".
NOTE: because the file is written to a temporary file and then renamed, the new file will wind up with
permissions based on your current umask. This is a feature to protect you from a race condition that
would otherwise give different permissions than you might expect. If you really want to keep the
original mode flags, use "append" with the "truncate" option.
Current API available since 0.011.
stat, lstat
$stat = path("foo.txt")->stat;
$stat = path("/some/symlink")->lstat;
Like calling "stat" or "lstat" from File::stat.
Current API available since 0.001.
stringify
$path = path("foo.txt");
say $path->stringify; # same as "$path"
Returns a string representation of the path. Unlike "canonpath", this method returns the path
standardized with Unix-style "/" directory separators.
Current API available since 0.001.
subsumes
path("foo/bar")->subsumes("foo/bar/baz"); # true
path("/foo/bar")->subsumes("/foo/baz"); # false
Returns true if the first path is a prefix of the second path at a directory boundary.
This does not resolve parent directory entries ("..") or symlinks:
path("foo/bar")->subsumes("foo/bar/../baz"); # true
If such things are important to you, ensure that both paths are resolved to the filesystem with
"realpath":
my $p1 = path("foo/bar")->realpath;
my $p2 = path("foo/bar/../baz")->realpath;
if ( $p1->subsumes($p2) ) { ... }
Current API available since 0.048.
touch
path("foo.txt")->touch;
path("foo.txt")->touch($epoch_secs);
Like the Unix "touch" utility. Creates the file if it doesn't exist, or else changes the modification
and access times to the current time. If the first argument is the epoch seconds then it will be used.
Returns the path object so it can be easily chained with other methods:
# won't die if foo.txt doesn't exist
$content = path("foo.txt")->touch->slurp;
Current API available since 0.015.
touchpath
path("bar/baz/foo.txt")->touchpath;
Combines "mkdir" and "touch". Creates the parent directory if it doesn't exist, before touching the
file. Returns the path object like "touch" does.
If you need to pass options, use "mkdir" and "touch" separately:
path("bar/baz")->mkdir( \%options )->child("foo.txt")->touch($epoch_secs);
Current API available since 0.022.
visit
path("/tmp")->visit( \&callback, \%options );
Executes a callback for each child of a directory. It returns a hash reference with any state
accumulated during iteration.
The options are the same as for "iterator" (which it uses internally): "recurse" and "follow_symlinks".
Both default to false.
The callback function will receive a "Path::Tiny" object as the first argument and a hash reference to
accumulate state as the second argument. For example:
# collect files sizes
my $sizes = path("/tmp")->visit(
sub {
my ($path, $state) = @_;
return if $path->is_dir;
$state->{$path} = -s $path;
},
{ recurse => 1 }
);
For convenience, the "Path::Tiny" object will also be locally aliased as the $_ global variable:
# print paths matching /foo/
path("/tmp")->visit( sub { say if /foo/ }, { recurse => 1} );
If the callback returns a reference to a false scalar value, iteration will terminate. This is not the
same as "pruning" a directory search; this just stops all iteration and returns the state hash reference.
# find up to 10 files larger than 100K
my $files = path("/tmp")->visit(
sub {
my ($path, $state) = @_;
$state->{$path}++ if -s $path > 102400
return \0 if keys %$state == 10;
},
{ recurse => 1 }
);
If you want more flexible iteration, use a module like Path::Iterator::Rule.
Current API available since 0.062.
volume
$vol = path("/tmp/foo.txt")->volume; # ""
$vol = path("C:/tmp/foo.txt")->volume; # "C:"
Returns the volume portion of the path. This is equivalent to what File::Spec would give from
"splitpath" and thus usually is the empty string on Unix-like operating systems or the drive letter for
an absolute path on "MSWin32".
Current API available since 0.001.
EXCEPTION HANDLING
Simple usage errors will generally croak. Failures of underlying Perl functions will be thrown as
exceptions in the class "Path::Tiny::Error".
A "Path::Tiny::Error" object will be a hash reference with the following fields:
• "op" — a description of the operation, usually function call and any extra info
• "file" — the file or directory relating to the error
• "err" — hold $! at the time the error was thrown
• "msg" — a string combining the above data and a Carp-like short stack trace
Exception objects will stringify as the "msg" field.
ENVIRONMENT
PERL_PATH_TINY_NO_FLOCK
If the environment variable "PERL_PATH_TINY_NO_FLOCK" is set to a true value then flock will NOT be used
when accessing files (this is not recommended).
CAVEATS
Subclassing not supported
For speed, this class is implemented as an array based object and uses many direct function calls
internally. You must not subclass it and expect things to work properly.
Tilde expansion (deprecated)
Tilde expansion was a nice idea, but it can't easily be applied consistently across the entire API. This
was a source of bugs and confusion for users. Therefore, it is deprecated and its use is discouraged.
Limitations to the existing, legacy behavior follow.
Tilde expansion will only occur if the first argument to "path" begins with a tilde. No other method does
tilde expansion on its arguments. If you want tilde expansion on arguments, you must explicitly wrap
them in a call to "path".
path( "~/foo.txt" )->copy( path( "~/bar.txt" ) );
If you need a literal leading tilde, use path("./~whatever") so that the argument to "path" doesn't start
with a tilde, but the path still resolves to the current directory.
Behaviour of tilde expansion with a username for non-existent users depends on the output of "glob" on
the system.
File locking
If flock is not supported on a platform, it will not be used, even if locking is requested.
In situations where a platform normally would support locking, but the flock fails due to a filesystem
limitation, Path::Tiny has some heuristics to detect this and will warn once and continue in an unsafe
mode. If you want this failure to be fatal, you can fatalize the 'flock' warnings category:
use warnings FATAL => 'flock';
See additional caveats below.
NFS and BSD
On BSD, Perl's flock implementation may not work to lock files on an NFS filesystem. If detected, this
situation will warn once, as described above.
Lustre
The Lustre filesystem does not support flock. If detected, this situation will warn once, as described
above.
AIX and locking
AIX requires a write handle for locking. Therefore, calls that normally open a read handle and take a
shared lock instead will open a read-write handle and take an exclusive lock. If the user does not have
write permission, no lock will be used.
utf8 vs UTF-8
All the *_utf8 methods by default use :encoding(UTF-8) -- either as :unix:encoding(UTF-8) (unbuffered,
for whole file operations) or :raw:encoding(UTF-8) (buffered, for line-by-line operations). These are
strict against the Unicode spec and disallows illegal Unicode codepoints or UTF-8 sequences.
Unfortunately, :encoding(UTF-8) is very, very slow. If you install Unicode::UTF8 0.58 or later, that
module will be used by some *_utf8 methods to encode or decode data after a raw, binary input/output
operation, which is much faster. Alternatively, if you install PerlIO::utf8_strict, that will be used
instead of :encoding(UTF-8) and is also very fast.
If you need the performance and can accept the security risk, "slurp({binmode => ":unix:utf8"})" will be
faster than :unix:encoding(UTF-8) (but not as fast as "Unicode::UTF8").
Note that the *_utf8 methods read in raw mode. There is no CRLF translation on Windows. If you must
have CRLF translation, use the regular input/output methods with an appropriate binmode:
$path->spew_utf8($data); # raw
$path->spew({binmode => ":encoding(UTF-8)"}, $data; # LF -> CRLF
Default IO layers and the open pragma
If you have Perl 5.10 or later, file input/output methods ("slurp", "spew", etc.) and high-level handle
opening methods ( "filehandle", "openr", "openw", etc. ) respect default encodings set by the "-C" switch
or lexical open settings of the caller. For UTF-8, this is almost certainly slower than using the
dedicated "_utf8" methods if you have Unicode::UTF8 or PerlIP::utf8_strict.
TYPE CONSTRAINTS AND COERCION
A standard MooseX::Types library is available at MooseX::Types::Path::Tiny. A Type::Tiny equivalent is
available as Types::Path::Tiny.
SEE ALSO
These are other file/path utilities, which may offer a different feature set than "Path::Tiny".
• File::chmod
• File::Fu
• IO::All
• Path::Class
These iterators may be slightly faster than the recursive iterator in "Path::Tiny":
• Path::Iterator::Rule
• File::Next
There are probably comparable, non-Tiny tools. Let me know if you want me to add a module to the list.
This module was featured in the 2013 Perl Advent Calendar
<http://www.perladvent.org/2013/2013-12-18.html>.
SUPPORT
Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
<https://github.com/dagolden/Path-Tiny/issues>. You will be notified automatically of any progress on
your issue.
Source Code
This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under
the terms of the license.
<https://github.com/dagolden/Path-Tiny>
git clone https://github.com/dagolden/Path-Tiny.git
AUTHOR
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
• Alex Efros <powerman@powerman.name>
• Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de>
• Chris Williams <bingos@cpan.org>
• Dan Book <grinnz@grinnz.com>
• Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
• David Steinbrunner <dsteinbrunner@pobox.com>
• Doug Bell <madcityzen@gmail.com>
• Elvin Aslanov <rwp.primary@gmail.com>
• Flavio Poletti <flavio@polettix.it>
• Gabor Szabo <szabgab@cpan.org>
• Gabriel Andrade <gabiruh@gmail.com>
• George Hartzell <hartzell@cpan.org>
• Geraud Continsouzas <geraud@scsi.nc>
• Goro Fuji <gfuji@cpan.org>
• Graham Knop <haarg@haarg.org>
• Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
• Ian Sillitoe <ian@sillit.com>
• James Hunt <james@niftylogic.com>
• John Karr <brainbuz@brainbuz.org>
• Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
• Mark Ellis <mark.ellis@cartridgesave.co.uk>
• Martin H. Sluka <fany@cpan.org>
• Martin Kjeldsen <mk@bluepipe.dk>
• Mary Ehlers <regina.verb.ae@gmail.com>
• Michael G. Schwern <mschwern@cpan.org>
• Nicolas R <nicolas@atoomic.org>
• Nicolas Rochelemagne <rochelemagne@cpanel.net>
• Nigel Gregoire <nigelgregoire@gmail.com>
• Philippe Bruhat (BooK) <book@cpan.org>
• regina-verbae <regina-verbae@users.noreply.github.com>
• Roy Ivy III <rivy@cpan.org>
• Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org>
• Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com>
• Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>
• Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>
• Yanick Champoux <yanick@babyl.dyndns.org>
• 김도형 - Keedi Kim <keedi@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by David Golden.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
perl v5.38.2 2024-07-02 Path::Tiny(3pm)