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)