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Re: Absolute file-path under bash (cygwin32)


Scott Blachowicz wrote:
> Yeah...by the time the string gets to a file path manipulation function, why
> not just treat both "/" and "\" as being equivalent separators?

Because who wants to rewrite every Unix application that uses its own
file path manipulation functions? I would love to be told that doing
file path manipulation using strtok and strcmp is rare, but I would be
surprised if that is the case.

 Paul Prescod


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