> Right, so: > Perl for Cygwin uses "/" > Perl for win32 uses "\" and ":". > > Seems pretty straight forward to me. > > Cygwin may be 'just a partial posix layer', but if you are compiling > for it, you >should use "/" delimited paths.
And thats just what I meant to end with before hitting that send button. *Slap* Elfyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- message from Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> attached: _____________________________________________________________ www.smokeJet.com - Free UK Internet Services _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
--- Begin Message ---On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 19:30, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > Although the win32 api supports both one takes more work as paths > containing forward-slashes are converted to back-slashes*. I know this > is being petty but if different style paths cause problems surely it > would make sense to follow the standard the OS follows? Right, so: Perl for Cygwin uses "/" Perl for win32 uses "\" and ":". Seems pretty straight forward to me. Cygwin may be 'just a partial posix layer', but if you are compiling for it, you should use "/" delimited paths. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.--- End Message ---
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