From: Tim Bates Date: 2004-01-25T14:47:48+09:00 Subject: Re: perl bug File::Basename and Perl's nature On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-1] Thomas Adam wrote: > Was there really *any* need for this e-mail....? I couldn't give a rats > arse as to whether File::Basename under perl works. system(basename foo) > would have done me just fine. The OP was cross-posted to a number of perl-related newsgroups, and also to comp.lang.ruby for some reason, which is why it ended up in your mailbox. It's totally off-topic. Ignore it. Tim Bates -- tim@bates.id.au