File Path Separator Syntax (was Re: Writing To A File)
File Path Separator Syntax (was Re: Writing To A File)
- Subject: File Path Separator Syntax (was Re: Writing To A File)
- From: Walter Ian Kaye <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:12:32 -0700
At 02:25p -0700 09/29/2003, Walter Ian Kaye didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
Starting with ":Users" is not likely to do what you want.
Perhaps I should elaborate on this.
People coming to the Mac from Unix may think that ":" is a direct
counterpart to "/" -- but it's not. It really encompasses properties
of both "/" and "." characters. Here are some equivalents:
Unix filename Mac filename
----------------------------- -----------------------------
./filename :filename
../filename ::filename
/folder/filename Disk:folder:filename
HTH,
-boo
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