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Re: Absolute file-path under bash (cygwin32)
- To: scott at statsci dot com
- Subject: Re: Absolute file-path under bash (cygwin32)
- From: Paul Prescod <papresco at calum dot csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:37:07 -0400
- CC: Hawkeye <hawkeye at tcp dot com>, jeffdb at netzone dot com, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199704170243.TAA05434@tcp.com> <m0wHwAY-0006uMC@apple.statsci.com>
Scott Blachowicz wrote:
> Yeah...by the time the string gets to a file path manipulation function, why
> not just treat both "/" and "\" as being equivalent separators?
Because who wants to rewrite every Unix application that uses its own
file path manipulation functions? I would love to be told that doing
file path manipulation using strtok and strcmp is rare, but I would be
surprised if that is the case.
Paul Prescod
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