Shouldn't they return the same thing on Rebol?
It seems like they should.
Is this a bug?
I think RT still have some philosophy stuff to work out
regarding platform issues, meaning of to binary! and
sharing objects created on one system with another system...
Even if it is cool for Unix wizards to have whatever this
info is, it will be a drag for them if they write a script
using that info and expecting it to work everywhere...
-Galt
>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
>Without the final '/', read attempts to access the directory as an actual
>file. On mess-doss this causes an error, while on *nix it returns some
>nice binary stuff which only wizards know how to use.
>
>With the final '/', read returns a block of names found within the directory.
>
>For example, in the MICROS~1 world:
>
>>> foo: read %Examples
>** Access Error: Cannot open /C/bin/REBOL/Examples.
>** Where: foo: read %Examples
>>> foo: read %Examples/
>== [%all.r %index.html %webprint.r %webget.r %webgetter.r %weblib.r %websend.
>r %webfind.r %webfinder.r %webcheck.r %webloop.r %webt...
>>>
>
>And in the *nix world:
>
>>> foo: read %java
>==
{^@H^@^@^@^@^[A^@\^@^G^@^@classes^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
>^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^...
>>> foo: read %java/
>== [%classes/]
>>>
>
>-jn-
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> an absolute path is like this:
>> %/c/cygwin/
>> %/d/games/afile
>> etc..
>>
>> Hope that's what you're after.
>> By the way, somebody once said it's better to specify dirs with the '/' on
the end. I forget why...
>>
>> Anton.
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > I want to create a configuration file which loads in some functions I
wrote. I wrote a verbose description of the program below, but then figured:
"Gee, REBOL is actually more concise and easy to understand than my English!"
>> >
>> > REBOL []
>> >
>> > rebol-dir: "/cygwin/home/administrator/rebol"
>> >
>> > j: join rebol-dir "/vindex.r"
>> >
>> > f: to-file j
>> >
>> > do f
>> >
>> > so I have two questions:
>> >
>> > 1- how can i use "c:/cygwin/home/administrator/rebol" instead of just
>> > "/cygwin/home/administrator/rebol" so that I can use directories which
may be on any drive?
>> >
>> > 2- As it stands, this script just hangs even though there is a file
called vindex.r in the created directory path
>> >
>> > Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at
>> > http://comm.lycos.com
>
>--
>; Joel Neely [EMAIL PROTECTED] 901-263-4460 38017/HKA/9677
>REBOL [] print to-string debase/64 decompress #{
> 789C0BCE0BAB4A7176CA48CAB53448740FABF474F3720BCC
> B6F4F574CFC888342AC949CE74B50500E1710C0C24000000}
