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Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?
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John Cowan |
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Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path? |
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:23:39 -0400 |
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Elf scripsit:
> >In Windows,
> >\ and / are interchangeable in system calls, although the command shell,
> >the desktop, and other file windows and dialogue boxes don't accept \
> >but only /.
I should have said "don't accept / but only \", of course.
> this is not strictly true; during installation of files (eg for
> chicken-setup) some calls are done through the command shell.
In which case the code should be specialized for that purpose.
> the / notation has certain other concerns as well, mostly involving
> drive letter.
Well, yes: a path beginning [A-Za-z]:[/\\] is absolute on Windows but
not on Unix. That too is a special case.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan address@hidden
"After all, would you consider a man without honor wealthy, even if his
Dinar laid end to end would reach from here to the Temple of Toplat?"
"No, I wouldn't", the beggar replied. "Why is that?" the Master asked.
"A Dinar doesn't go very far these days, Master. --Kehlog Albran
Besides, the Temple of Toplat is across the street." The Profit
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, (continued)
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Ivan Raikov, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, felix winkelmann, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Peter Bex, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, felix winkelmann, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Elf, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Ivan Raikov, 2008/10/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, felix winkelmann, 2008/10/30
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Alex Shinn, 2008/10/30
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, John Cowan, 2008/10/26
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Elf, 2008/10/28
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- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Elf, 2008/10/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in canonical-path?, Elf, 2008/10/28