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 2.102  2008/05/23 21:30:10  abigail
 Changed email address

 Revision 2.101  2008/05/23 21:28:02  abigail
 Changed license

 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.be).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2008, Damian Conway and Abigail.

This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses: 

 1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
 2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
 3) The BSD Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
 4) The MIT Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.