+1 on UNIX paths. I have PTSD from DOS paths. :-) dg
> On Jan 13, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Christopher Collins <ccoll...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Fabio,
>
> Sounds great. I only have one comment:
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 03:09:48PM -0200, Fabio Utzig wrote:
>>> All the fs_* functions where updated to support multiple disks. To
>>> access a file/dir now will required adding the name of the disk as a
>>> prefix like this:
>>>
>>> rc = fs_opendir("mmc0:/", &dir);
>>> rc = fs_open("flash0:/testfile.txt", FS_ACCESS_READ, &file);
>
> I'm sure you anticipated this comment :). Seeing a ':' in a path brings
> back horrible memories for me. I am not sure if this is just an
> aesthetic judgment, or if the "UNIX way" would actually be better. If
> it's just an asthetic thing, then I'll get over it, but I can't help but
> think there is code out there that would manage better with UNIX paths
> rather than DOS paths.
>
> I haven't looked at the code yet, so I don't know how much easier the
> use of the colon character makes things. What do you think about using
> "/flash0/testfile.txt" rather than "flash0/textfile.txt"?
>
> Chris
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