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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "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 _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
