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in thread split to get the dir name

So substr is platform dependent because it is being used with ls which is not as platform-dependent as I think?

* blink *

Gee, and I thought you were stupid.

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Re7: split to get the dir name
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Sep 29, 2003 at 19:42 UTC
    • The usage of substr with 'ls -l' results in an index that is platform-dependent.
    • The 'ls' command is supported on more than just *nix platforms. How it is implemented (especially the -l flag) is is platform-dependent. It's also locale-dependent.

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