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Re: path names separators
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Re: path names separators


  • Subject: Re: path names separators
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:15:36 +0000

Bob Cuilla wrote:
>I am using some native AS inside of Filemaker Pro 8.  When I use the
>FM Get Desktop Path function it returns a path that uses  "/"
>separators for files/folders etc.  AS doesn't seem to like these
>separators.  If I replace the "/" with ":" AS handles them just fine.
>
>Can I assume from this the AS doesn't like the "/" in path names?

HFS paths use colon separators. POSIX paths use slashes. (There are other differences as well.) AS supports both, but in different ways and places.

BTW, it'd help if you gave an example of what you're talking about. (ISTR FMP likes to produce these bogus 'file:...' strings that look a bit like file URLs but aren't, just to make things extra confusing.)

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