From: Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>
Subject: Re: escape io.fileseparator in Windows
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 15:54:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2e3d1b2a-70c5-b33e-ff6e-e5b9d2496a9d@gmx.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <039e6543-7ef0-33c0-7b96-f04973a9faca@xs4all.nl>
On 11/3/21 9:55 PM, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> On 11/3/2021 7:49 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
>> [...]
>> How can I get the io.fileseparator or escape the backslash in
>> main_filename_win above?
> (there are helpers for splitting names and combining paths)
>
> - use locals
> - wrap names in "" and use / : dir "c:/data"
Many thanks for your reply, Hans.
I didn’t know that this was valid in Windows command prompt:
command "d:/data/file.txt"
> - just use file.copy (with forward slashes), is faster too
copy was just a command sample, not the one I intend to use.
> so in the end there is no need to test for windows
I’m really suprised that Windows accepts slashes in paths.
Many thanks for your help again,
Pablo
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2021-11-03 18:49 Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
2021-11-03 20:55 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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