On 2006-10-26, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's no "zip" in the "baz" directory, so let's copy it
> there:
>
> C:\temp>copy foo/bar/zip foo/baz
> foo\zip
> Overwrite foo\zip? (Yes/No/All): y
> The file cannot be copied onto itself.
> 0 file(s) copied.
>
> What the [expletive]
Tim Roberts wrote:
>> C:\temp\foo\bar>cd ..
>> C:\temp\foo>cd ..
>> C:\temp>cd /foo/bar
>
> This one does not work for me, but as long as the initial slash is back,
> the rest can be foreward:
>
> C:\tmp>cd /foo/bar
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> C:\tmp>cd \foo/bar
>
>> Some experimentation shows that Python does seem to provide
>> *some* translation. Windows lets me use '/' as a path separator,
>> but not as the name of the root of a partition name. But perhaps
>> this a peculiarity of the commands themselves, and not of Windows
>> path names in particular.
>>
On 2006-10-26, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> Seriously, experiments show the forward slash is OK as a
>> seperator, it just can't be root.
>
> do you think you can figure out why, even without reading the
> various MSDN pages you've been pointed to ?
Too late. P
Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Seriously, experiments show the forward slash is OK as a
> seperator, it just can't be root.
do you think you can figure out why, even without reading the various MSDN
pages you've been pointed to ?
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On 2006-10-26, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Some experimentation shows that Python does seem to provide
>>*some* translation. Windows lets me use '/' as a path separator,
>>but not as the name of the root of a partition name. But perhaps
>>th
Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Some experimentation shows that Python does seem to provide
>*some* translation. Windows lets me use '/' as a path separator,
>but not as the name of the root of a partition name. But perhaps
>this a peculiarity of the commands themselves, and not of Windo
Tim Chase wrote:
>
> C:\temp> REM try the same filename convention from dos prompt
> C:\temp> type subdir/test.txt
> The syntax of the command is incorrect.
> C:\temp> REM try with quotes, just in case...
> C:\temp> type "subdir/test.txt"
> The syntax of the command is incorrect.
> C:\temp> notep
Tim Chase wrote:
>>>As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
>>>a directory separator in filenames on both Unix and Dos. But
>>>where is this documented?
>>
>>in the documentation for your operating system. Python doesn't do
>>anything with the filenames.
>
>
> Windows
Tim Chase wrote:
> Windows seems to be (occasionally) doing the translation as /F
> mentions:
as leif pointed out, there's no translation.
> C:\temp> REM try the same filename convention from dos prompt
> C:\temp> type subdir/test.txt
> The syntax of the command is incorrect.
> C:\temp> REM try
On 2006-10-24, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2006-10-24, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is translation of '/' to '\\' a feature of Windows or Python?
>
> Well, *that* was easy to discover on my own. ;-)
>
> Thanks for the pointers.
Some experimentation shows that Python
>> As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
>> a directory separator in filenames on both Unix and Dos. But
>> where is this documented?
>
> in the documentation for your operating system. Python doesn't do
> anything with the filenames.
Windows seems to be (occasionall
Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Is translation of '/' to '\\' a feature of Windows or Python?
Windows. Random MSDN link:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77859s1t.aspx
Win32 operating systems support both the backslash (\) and
the forward slash (/). /.../ (However, the Windows ope
On 2006-10-24, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is translation of '/' to '\\' a feature of Windows or Python?
Well, *that* was easy to discover on my own. ;-)
Thanks for the pointers.
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Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Is translation of '/' to '\\' a feature of Windows or Python?
It's a feature of Windows, but it isn't a translation. Both slashes are
valid path separators on Windows; backslashes are just the canonical form.
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On 2006-10-24, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>
>> Where can I find documentation of what Python accepts as the
>> filename argument to the builtin function file?
>>
>> As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
>> a directory separator in fil
On 2006-10-24, Leif K-Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/'
>> as a directory separator in filenames on both Unix and Dos.
>> But where is this documented?
>
> It's documented in the OS's documentation. It can be qu
Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Where can I find documentation of what Python accepts as the
> filename argument to the builtin function file?
>
> As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
> a directory separator in filenames on both Unix and Dos. But
> where is this documented?
in
Neil Cerutti wrote:
> Where can I find documentation of what Python accepts as the
> filename argument to the builtin function file?
Python will accept whatever the OS accepts.
> As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
> a directory separator in filenames on both Unix an
Where can I find documentation of what Python accepts as the
filename argument to the builtin function file?
As an example, I'm aware (through osmosis?) that I can use '/' as
a directory separator in filenames on both Unix and Dos. But
where is this documented?
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