SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

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

DESCRIPTION

Returns a pattern that matches file URIs, as defined by \s-1RFC\s0 1738. File URIs have the form:

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

Under \*(C`{-keep}\*(C', the following are returned: The complete \s-1URI\s0. The scheme. The part of the \s-1URI\s0 following \*(L"file://\*(R". The hostname. The path name, including the leading slash. The path name, without the leading slash.

REFERENCES

[\s-1RFC\s0 1738]

Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: Uniform Resource Locators (\s-1URL\s0). December 1994.

RELATED TO Regexp::Common::URI::file…

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

AUTHOR

Damian Conway ([email protected])

MAINTAINANCE

This package is maintained by Abigail ([email protected]).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

LICENSE and COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2009, 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.