Hi Michael, On Mo 05 Jan 2015 05:12:04 CET, Michael DePaulo wrote: > Tags: patch > > I would like someone who knows Perl better, such as theUser2, to > review this patch. > > Although this is a very small patch, theUser2 advised me to be careful > when creating full paths. > > I tested it successfully under CentOS 5 and CentOS 6. > > I intended to use "make_path" instead of "mkpath" if File::Path 2.06 > or later was detected. However, I could not figure out how to write a > statement like "use File::Path( make_path)" if File::Path->VERSION is > 2.06 or later. Specifically, it appears that "use" statements are > executed at compile time in Perl, so they cannot be used within an if > block. And I cannot just specify "use File::Path" for all versions of > File::Path because "make_path" is not exported by default. > > EPEL 5: > http://perldoc.perl.org/5.8.8/File/Path.html > > EPEL 6: > http://perldoc.perl.org/5.10.1/File/Path.html > > Latest: > http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Path.html I recommend a more conditional approach testing the existence of the make_path (and the mkpath) function during runtimed using the "defined" command. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/433752/how-can-i-determine-if-a-perl-function-exists-at-runtime Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb