Re: File::Path rmtree ****tability (works on OS X, fails on WinXP)

On Sep 28, 2007, at 5:52 PM, Jim wrote:

> # define build dir path
> if ($runOS eq "win"){
> 	$buildDir = "\\\\.PSF\\builds\\$version";
> } else {
> 	$buildDir = "/builds/$version";
> }
>
> # test for dir and remove if it exists
> if ( -d $buildDir) {
>            # using File::Path here for directory removal
>             use File::Path;
>             rmtree $buildDir,1,0;
> }
>
> Everything works as expected on OS X, but on WinXP, rmtree seems to  
> fail with the following error...
>
> 	Can't call method "rmtree" without a package or object reference

The problem is because of a different version of perl, not rmtree()  
itself.  One version of perl is interpreting your code as

    $buildDir->rmtree, 1, 0;

and the other as you intended:

    rmtree( $buildDir, 1, 0 );

If you add the parens explicitly, the problem should go away.

  -Ken