Hi Russel,
Try:
>> a: make path! [ a b c ]
== a/b/c
>> type? :a
== path!
- jim
At 12:24 AM 10/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Elan:
>
>Thanks for your clarification. I think you meant to say "directory or a
>file." at the end?
>
>Also, from User's Guide, it appears 'path is broader than your definition
>(which considers only the block as a root). A path could be of type file! as
>in "src/unix/main.c", to cite Chapter 4
>
>or in my system:
>
>>> p: what-dir
>== %/D/Rebol2Stuff/
>>> type? p
>== file!
>>> path? p
>== false
>>> file? p
>== true
>>> dir? p
>== true
>>>
>
>I see now how the argument 'path can be of type file!
>If a file name ends with "/" it denotes a directory, but is of both type
>dir! and type file!.
>Pretty cool!
>
>So far I've not been able to create an entity with a value that is of type =
>path.
>
>i.e.
>>> path? xxxxxx
>== false
>
>What would xxxxx be to obtain a true result?
>
>>>
>Russell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:52 PM
>Subject: [REBOL] how could a word not have a value? I just loaded the
>$#@!@$!%*%^$ file! Re:(2)
>
>
>> Ho Russell,
>> you wrote:
>> >But the script bothers me; the argument for 'recursive-files, 'path,
>is
>> >required to be of type file! (not path!)??
>>
>> Path!: a succession of words, separated by forward slashes, that accesses
>> items in a block:
>>
>> >> block: [a [ b "c" ] ]
>> == [a [b "c"]]
>> >> block/a/b
>> == "c"
>>
>> File!: Any legal filesystem path that evaluates to a directory of a file.
>>
>> Elan
>>
>>
>>
>
>
