Think of it as follows: Pharo is cross platform, forward slash is used on *nix and Mac OS, but not Windows where it is backslash. FileReference is an object oriented API that abstracts over that. Asking for an interpretation of the sub parts is a step too far (even if it would be handy).
> On 18 Apr 2016, at 10:56, Valentin Ryckewaert <valentin.ryckewa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm on Linux > > Is it wanted that root / 'a' / 'foo.txt' is different than root / '.foo.txt' > ? I find that strange > > 2016-04-18 10:52 GMT+02:00 Cyril Ferlicot Delbecque > <cyril.ferli...@gmail.com>: > > > On 18/04/2016 10:44, Valentin Ryckewaert wrote: > > Using your method (A string asFileReference) it works thanks ! > > > > But if you use FileSystem root / .... I get the "same" object but it's > > still not working. Did I make a mistake somewhere? > > > > Hi, > > Did you try `FileSystem root / 'a' / 'Path' / 'cat.jpg'` instead of > `FileSystem root / 'aPath/cat.jpg'`? > > On what OS are you? I remember I had some trouble with the root on Windows. > > -- > Cyril Ferlicot > > http://www.synectique.eu > > 165 Avenue Bretagne > Lille 59000 France > >
