> > Just curious, 'file tail' did not work for you? I thought it worked
> > cross platform...
>
> It would if the backslashes were converted to forward slashes. (It ought
> to work with backslashes under Windows.)
>
> % set tcl_platform(os)
> Linux
> % file tail {c:\windows\foo.bar}
> c:\windows\foo.bar
> % file tail [string map [list \\ /] {c:\windows\foo.bar}]
> foo.bar
(hobbs) 50 % file tail {c:\windows\foo.bar}
foo.bar
(hobbs) 50 % info patchlevel
8.4b1
Jeff Hobbs The Tcl Guy
Senior Developer http://www.ActiveState.com/
