Re: Platform independant directory separator

$^O tells you what OS is running. You can use / or \\ accordingly then. In most cases, the / version works for both OS's. However in certain modules like Win32::OLE the Windows style \\ must be used.

Checking $^O is always safe though.

Grygonos

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Re: Re: Platform independant directory separator by tinita (Parson) on Mar 01, 2004 at 12:30 UTC
> You can use / or \\ accordingly then. but there are more than two operating systems...	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Platform independant directory separator by flyingmoose (Priest) on Mar 01, 2004 at 15:02 UTC
Yes, but this will work for 99% of most applications. Treating Unix/Linux/MacOS as "not Windows" covers nearly everything for x86, IA64, IA32e, and Mac PPC hardware -- maybe more. It's one thing to say "platform independance" but it usually means "Windows and some UNIX-like systems and maybe Netware and OS/2". Depends on what you want to run on.	[reply]
Re^4: Platform independant directory separator by Anonymous Monk on Nov 12, 2015 at 06:50 UTC
What OS has to do with CPU architecture?	[reply]