Hal Daume wrote: > Would there be any way to get some of these differences into the > System.Directory structure? At least the following would be nice: > > > pathSeparator :: Char > > '\\' on Windows, '/' on unices, ':' (I believe) on macs, etc...
Either '\\' or '/' on Windows. The former is preferred, but the latter also works in most contexts. For Windows, there's also the issue of drive letters and network (UNC) paths. > > isCaseSensitive :: Bool > > False on Windows, True on (all?) unices, i have no idea on macs It's more accurate to say that most "native" Unix filesystems are case-sensitive. However, many Unix systems can mount "foreign" filesystems (FAT, SMB) which aren't case-sensitive. Another significant distinction is in the handling of non-ASCII characters. Windows treats filenames as lists of characters; VFAT and NTFS use Unicode, while FAT filesystems may have an associated codepage. OTOH, Unix treats filenames as lists of bytes; while applications may impose an (arbitrary) encoding on filenames, the OS doesn't. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
