Portable file extensions for executables

[Tom Dailey]

I need to create a full filename for an executable in a portable fashion. I
have the filename WITHOUT extension. I can get the correct extension via
$Config{"_exe"}. However, the catfile method in File::Spec doesn't have a
separate extension argument. So how do I append the extension (if there is
one) to the executable's filename? Is there a catext function/method
somewhere?

Thanks,
Tom Dailey

[News123]

Hi Tom,

Is there any reason, that you post your question to alt.comp.lang.perl
and not to comp.lang.perl.misc

comp.lang.perl.misc is much more visited than alt.comp.lang.perl and you
should get much more answers.

I never used File::Spec,

but shouldn't this work?

File::Spec->catfile( @directories, $filename. $Config{"_exe"} );

(Assumming $COnfig->{"_exe"} contains the extnsion with the 'dot'.

bye

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