> Windows ruby does define ALT_SEPARATOR:
>=20
> >> File::ALT_SEPARATOR
> =3D> "\\"

Is it guaranteed to also exist on Linux or Mac Ruby, having the
value '/' on those systems?

Ronald
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Ronald Fischer <ronald.fischer@venyon.com>
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On Sep 17, 2007, at 01:23, Ronald Fischer wrote:
>> Windows ruby does define ALT_SEPARATOR:
>>
>>>> File::ALT_SEPARATOR
>> => "\\"
>
> Is it guaranteed to also exist on Linux or Mac Ruby, having the
> value '/' on those systems?

Those systems don't have an alternate separator so it is set to nil.

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Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The
best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars

Ronald Fischer wrote:

> On my Ruby 1.8.5 under Windows, I have:

C:> ruby -e 'puts File::SEPARATOR'
/

> Shouldn't it output '\' instead?

Not sure if this is answered yet, but Windows accepts /. That prevents
endless hacks in all the legacy code that Windows must support.

Now all we need is a Notepad.exe that, between getting every encoding in the
world correct, will respectfully display a lowly \n correctly...

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Phlip