From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Magesh Umasankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Might be a dumb question: but which operating system uses more than > >> one character for a path separator? > > Well, it is a String and not a char in Java for some reason.
Reason is convenience according to Sun folks ;-) (Check out JDK1.3 javadoc for java.io.File) > I can't remember the path separator on VMS, but both : and ; are > special parts of filenames there (and I still would like to know what > Jav's system property file.separator is on VMS). Good luck finding that ;-) > > Stefan > Cheers, Magesh ************************************************ * Office: A place where you can relax after * * your strenuous home life. * ************************************************ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
