From: "Mark J.Reed" <mreed@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T05:01:10+09:00
Subject: Re: File::Spec equivalent?

What I'm specificalliy looking for is a version of File.join() that will join
components with backslashes instead of forward slashes on Windows...

James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> writes:

>On Aug 10, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Mark J.Reed wrote:

>> Dumb question: does Ruby have an equivalent to the Perl File::Spec  
>> module
>> (maybe as a built-in part of the File class like Java, instead of in
>> a separate module) for building and manipulating pathnames portably?

>I can't remember File::Spec right off the top of my head, but does  
>the standard pathname module meet your needs?

>http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/classes/ 
>Pathname.html

>http://redhanded.hobix.com/bits/howPowerfulPathnameIs.html

>James Edward Gray II