File::SEPARATOR

ruby-talk
1

Hello,

I would like to emphasize again that in windows 2000 using ruby 1.67-4

and 1.67-7 downloaded from http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/, I get
"/" as a file separator. I already mentionned this in
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&m=103884227229307&w=2, but
there was no reaction.
Am I doing something wrong?

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
© Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:>irb
irb(main):001:0> File::SEPARATOR
"/"
irb(main):002:0>

C:>irb --version
irb 0.7.4(01/05/08)

C:>ruby --version
ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i586-mswin32]

thank you,

emmanuel

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who calls the cops, me or the music industry?
If it’s me, then that’s my property.”
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2

Hi,

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At Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:35:01 +0900, Emmanuel Touzery wrote:

I would like to emphasize again that in windows 2000 using
ruby 1.67-4
and 1.67-7 downloaded from http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/, I
get “/” as a file separator. I already mentionned this in
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&m=103884227229307&w=2, but
there was no reaction.

Yes. In ruby, “/” is used as a file separator for portability
reason, and File::ALT_SEPARATOR is set on some platforms.

–
Nobu Nakada

3

Hi,

I would like to emphasize again that in windows 2000 using
ruby 1.67-4
and 1.67-7 downloaded from http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/, I
get “/” as a file separator. I already mentionned this in
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ruby-talk&m=103884227229307&w=2, but
there was no reaction.

Yes. In ruby, “/” is used as a file separator for portability
reason, and File::ALT_SEPARATOR is set on some platforms.

thank you, now I’m reassured :O)
the doc in the pickaxe book is:

SEPARATOR> Character that separates directory components in a filename
(such as \'' or /‘’).

I gather that this doc is wrong? File::SEPARATOR would always be “/”, in
all platforms? (in which case it’s not really useful).

yes, and Dir.chdir(“a/b”) does work under windows, so it’s good, and i’m
wondering even more when should I use File::SEPARATOR?

much reassured,

emmanuel

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nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

At Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:35:01 +0900, >Emmanuel Touzery wrote:

–
“If someone breaks into my house and steals my CDs,
who calls the cops, me or the music industry?
If it’s me, then that’s my property.”
–Ruben Safir

4

Hi,

I gather that this doc is wrong? File::SEPARATOR would always be “/”,
in all platforms? (in which case it’s not really useful).

Yes, in all platforms, and I have to agree it’s not so useful.

yes, and Dir.chdir(“a/b”) does work under windows, so it’s good, and
i’m wondering even more when should I use File::SEPARATOR?

Hmmm, I have no idea.

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At Sat, 7 Dec 2002 00:11:18 +0900, Emmanuel Touzery wrote:

–
Nobu Nakada