== Description
  A drop-in replacement for the current Pathname class.

== Prerequisites
  * facade 1.0.4 or later
  * windows-pr 1.1.2 or later (Windows only)
   
== Installation

  gem install pathname2

== Synopsis
  require 'pathname2'

  # Unix
  path1 = "/foo/bar/baz"
  path2 = "../zap"

  path1 + path2 # "/foo/bar/zap"
  path1 / path2 # "/foo/bar/zap" (same as +)
  path1.exists? # Does this path exist?
  path1.dirname # "/foo/bar"
  path1.to_a    # ['foo','bar','baz']

  # Windows
  path1 = "C:/foo/bar/baz"
  path2 = "../zap"

  path1 + path2 # "C:\\foo\\bar\\zap"
  path1.root    # "C:\\"
  path1.to_a    # ['C:','foo','bar','baz']

== Windows Notes
  All forward slashes are converted to backslashes for Pathname objects.

== Differences between Unix and Windows
  If your pathname consists solely of ".", or "..", the return
  value for Pathname#clean will be different. On Win32, "\\" is returned,
  while on Unix "." is returned.  I consider this an extreme edge case and
  will not worry myself with it.

== Differences between Pathname in the standard library and this version
  * It is a subclass of String (and thus, mixes in Enumerable).
  * It has sensical to_a and root instance methods.
  * It works on Windows and Unix.  The current implementation does not work
    with Windows path names very well, and not at all when it comes to UNC
    paths.
  * The Pathname#cleanpath method works differently - it always returns
    a canonical pathname.  In addition, there is no special consideration
    for symlinks (yet), though I'm not sure it warrants it.
  * The Pathname#+ method auto cleans.
  * It uses a facade for all File and Dir methods, as well as most FileUtils
    methods.
  * Pathname#clean works slightly differently.  In the stdlib version,
    Pathname#clean("../a") returns "../a".  In this version, it returns "a".
    This affects other methods, such as Pathname#relative_path_from.
  * Accepts file urls and converts them to paths automatically, e.g.
    file:///foo%20bar/baz becomes '/foo/bar/baz'.
  * Adds a Kernel level +pn+ method as a shortcut.
  * Allows you to add paths together with the '/' operator.
     
== Method Priority
  Because there is some overlap in method names between File, Dir, and
  FileUtils, the priority is as follows:
   
  * File
  * Dir
  * FileUtils
   
  In other words, whichever of these defines a given method first is the
  method that is used by the pathname2 library.
   
== Known Issues
  In Ruby 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 you will see a failure in the test suite regarding
  'fu_world_writable?' from FileUtils.  You can ignore this.  That method is
  supposed to be private. See ruby-core:7383.
   
  Any other issues should be reported on the project page at
  http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/shards

  The git repo itself is located at https://github.com/djberg96/pathname2

== Future Plans
  Suggestions welcome.
   
== License
  Artistic 2.0
   
== Copyright
  (C) 2003-2011 Daniel J. Berger
  All rights reserved.

== Warranty
  This library is provided "as is" and without any express or
  implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
  warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

== Author
  Daniel J. Berger
