OS delimiter question

[MisterX]

good thing I have a function to make that obsolete! ;)

thanks for the tips!
Xavier 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Thierry Arbellot
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 13:08
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: OS delimiter question
> 
> OS X is an Unix system, so the delimiter is slash But for 
> backward compatibility with OS 9, Finder and other apps use ":" 
> as delimiter
> 
> Rev works with Unix-style names, it means the delimiter is 
> slash If you need to convert between Unix and legacy Mac 
> style, you could use the functions revMacFromUnixPath and 
> revUnixFromMacPath
> 
> regards,
> Thierry
> 
> On 2005, Mar 5, , at 11:43, MisterX wrote:
> 
> > from http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/ it seems it should be 
> > slash for shells... shouldn't it?
> >
> > Is there a translation at some point by runrev or a 
> terminal mode that 
> > forces the translation maybe...
> >
> > I suppose Applescripts use the ":"...
> >
> > cheers
> > Xavier
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> >> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf 
> Of Thierry 
> >> Arbellot
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:55
> >> To: How to use Revolution
> >> Subject: Re: OS delimiter question
> >>
> >> do get shell("ls") and the folders both return "results 4:4:44"
> >>
> >> On 2005, Mar 5, , at 10:26, MisterX wrote:
> >>
> >>> aha!
> >>>
> >>> So if you do get shell("ls") and you have a folder named "results 
> >>> 4/4/44" what do you get?
> >>>
> >>> Xavier
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> >>>> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
> >> Of Thierry
> >>>> Arbellot
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 09:47
> >>>> To: How to use Revolution
> >>>> Subject: Re: OS delimiter question
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2005, Mar 5, , at 08:29, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> MisterX wrote:
> >>>>>> all unixes use the "/" ?
> >>>>>> and if osx's path delimiter is still ":" or has it gone to
> >>>> slash form?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The Finder lets me make a folder named "4/4/44", but not
> >> one named
> >>>>> "4:4:44"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>>  Richard Gaskin
> >>>>>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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> >>>>
> >>>> Right, but if you check with Terminal, the folder named
> >> "4/4/44" in
> >>>> the Finder is renamed "4:4:44" by the shell.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thierry
> >>>>
> >>>> "pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué?"
> >>>> proverbe Shadock
> >>>>
> >>
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