Hello,
On 23-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't believe it's possible in REBOL to write
>
> f: read %C:\Windows\Desktop\
>
> You have to convert it to
>
> f: read %/c/windows/desktop/
>
> -- Michael Cornelio
I was thinking about the case where you write %/c/windows/desktop/ and Rebol
converts to %C:\Windows\Desktop\ when accessing the OS filesystem for that
one strange platform. :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:42 AM
> Subject: [REBOL] Re: accessing files on other partitions Re:
>
>
>> Hello, I thought Rebol did this translation itself.
>>
>> Elliott
>>
>> On 18-Jan-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> try ...
>>>
>>> test: read %/d/whatever/file.txt
>>>
>>> or you could try this home grown function (one of my earliest REBOL
>>> utilities)
>>>
>>> cvt-win-path: func [
>>> {Convert a Windows pathname (e.g., C:\Windows\Desktop) to REBOL path}
>>
>>
>>>> On Win32, what's the syntax to access a file in an other partition?
>>>>
>>>> If, I'm on f:
>>>>
>>>> then
>>>>
>>>> test: read %d:\whatever\file.txt
>>>>
>>>> fails
>>>>
>>>> -------
>>>> Regards, Graham Chiu
>>>> gchiu<at>compkarori.co.nz
>>>> http://www.compkarori.com/dynamo - The Homebuilt Dynamo
>>>> http://www.compkarori.com/dbase - The dBase bulletin
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
