Andy Black wrote: > > I recently noticed that the %P macro variable on Windows behaves > differently when the path is at the top (or root) directory than when > the path contains a directory. When it is at the root, it ends with a > backslash (e.g. "E:\") whereas when it contains a directory, it does not > end with a backslash (e.g. "E:\My Data"). The documentation (in > commands.pdf at section 4.1.2) says that for the %p variable, the URL > does not end with a '/', but does not say what to expect with the %P > variable. > > Is this behavior to be expected for the %P variable or is this a bug? >
There is no bug here and there is no way to be 100% consistent. See below. The URL of a directory is expected to end with '/'. However, %p never ends with '/' (except for the root directory whose name is '/'). That's why this needs to be documented, The filename of a directory is *not* expected to end with '/' (or '\' on Windows). That's why this does not need to be documented, Note the filename of the root directory of a filesystem is always singular. This filename is '/' on Unix and something like c:\ on windows. That is, %P necessarily ends with '/' (or '\' on Windows) for the root directory of a filesystem.
