Re^2: Stupid If Question

Perl will translate the "/" to back slash when needed

I doubt it since the OS happily accepts "/" as a path separator.

While the following isn't proof, it would surprise most:

C:\Documents and Settings\ikegami>dir "c:/bin"
 Volume in drive C is C
 Volume Serial Number is 28AB-0E8B

 Directory of c:\bin

2008/12/21  10:53 PM    <DIR>          .
2008/12/21  10:53 PM    <DIR>          ..
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Re^3: Stupid If Question by Marshall (Canon) on Aug 19, 2009 at 03:50 UTC
There are differences in MS OS, consider: `Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Projects>cd /temp The system cannot find the path specified. C:\Projects>cd \temp C:\TEMP>` [download] There can be weird things with "\". I am just saying for the most part, use "/" instead of "\\". I think we agree on that!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Stupid If Question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 19, 2009 at 03:59 UTC
There are differences in MS OS, consider: uh no. We're using the same OS. It seems you didn't execute the same command as I did. You need to use quotes since a bare "/" denotes an switch. And while some shell commands and utilities accept "/", `chdir` aka `cd` isn't one of them. Going back to what I said, the OS (WinXP) itself accepts "/" throughout its API. This is how Perl communicates with the OS, so it's free to use "/". There can be weird things with "\". I am just saying for the most part, use "/" instead of "\\". I think we agree on that! I made a comment on the text I quoted specifically. The advice you give is sound, although I use "\" personally. "/" just looks to weird.	[reply] [d/l] [select]