Using backticks to run a new JRuby changes the file path separator
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Key: JRUBY-1544
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1544
Project: JRuby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Core Classes/Modules
Affects Versions: JRuby 1.1b1, JRuby 1.0.2
Environment: Windows XP with Java 1.4.2, 1.5
Reporter: Matt Fletcher
Priority: Minor
Attachments: test_dir_pwd_in_new_process.rb
Attached to this message is a test case showing how starting a new JRuby
process causes the file path separator to change. Let me show you the test case
before I continue discussion.
Paste of test case:
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{noformat}
require "test/unit"
require "fileutils"
class DirPwdTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_dir_pwd_in_backticks
assert_equal Dir.pwd, `set VAR=stuffz&& jruby -e "print Dir.pwd"`
assert_equal Dir.pwd, `jruby -e "print Dir.pwd"`
end
end
{noformat}
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Output from test failure:
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{noformat}
1) Failure:
test_dir_pwd_in_backticks(DirPwdTest) [test_dir_pwd_in_new_process.rb:7]:
<"C:/svn/doc"> expected but was
<"C:\\svn\\doc">.
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