OS delimiter question

Frank D. Engel, Jr. fde101 at fjrhome.net
Sat Mar 5 09:41:08 EST 2005


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I created 7/3/24 using the Finder, and the Terminal sees it as 7:3:24.

When switching between older Mac-style paths (with : separators) and 
UNIX-style paths (with / separator), OS X simply swaps the two 
characters.


On Mar 5, 2005, at 2:29 AM, 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"
>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$
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