Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> That depends entirely on your point of view.
I like to be difficult! :-)
Linux knows no drive letters.
':' is a valid character in a filename, and therefor cannot act as a drive
separator character.
Oh! I never knew ':' is a valid filename char. Whoever uses that must
be shot, no questions asked! ;-) With my new found knowledge, I see
your point.
What if I use a Linux application to process data from a remote Windows
system?? I'm now getting inconsistent results!
Set AllowDriveSeparators to [':'].
Brilliant, that should do the trick. :)
Be aware that
ExpractFileName('c:\mypath\myfile:otherpart.ext')
will go wrong in this case.
Nice catch, I better make a note of that as well.
And to be honest: parsing windows filenames on a linux system or
vice versa, always goes wrong somewhere. So the routines only
guarantee correct behaviour for the current platform.
What about WebServices or CGI apps running on a Linux server? You could
very well upload a file containing data generated on a Windows system,
but the WebService running on a Linux system will process that data.
Thanks for explaining the behaviour change Michael. I'll update my
applications accordingly.
Regards,
- Graeme -
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