Regexp::Common::URI::file(3p)

NAME
Regexp::Common::URI::file -- Returns a pattern for file URIs.

SYNOPSIS
    use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

    while (<>) {
        /$RE{URI}{file}/       and  print "Contains a file URI.\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION

  $RE{URI}{file}
Returns a pattern that matches file URIs, as defined by RFC 1738. File URIs have the form:

    "file:" "//" [ host | "localhost" ] "/" fpath

Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

$1  The complete URI.

$2  The scheme.

$3  The part of the URI following "file://".

$4  The hostname.

$5  The path name, including the leading slash.

$6  The path name, without the leading slash.

REFERENCES

[RFC 1738]
    Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: Uniform Resource Locators (URL). December 1994.

HISTORY
 $Log: file.pm,v $
 Revision 2.100  2003/02/10 21:06:39  abigail
 file URI

SEE ALSO
Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

AUTHOR
Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

MAINTAINANCE
This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 2001 - 2003, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
       This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
      and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
            (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)