On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 10:27:01 -0800, Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > >Forward slashes in pathnames work on all platforms (for a Python >program).
...unless you are calling the shell through something like os.system, or accessing the Windows registry. None of the Windows command shells understand forward slashes. Indeed, the shells accept the CP/M "forward slash" as an alias for the "dash" argument flag, thereby maximizing confusion. >This begs the question if the conventional wisdom of using >os.path.join and os.sep is worthwhile. Because there are exceptions, and those exceptions are just as likely to bite you when you least expect it, I think the os.path.join habit is a good one. -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
