From: Christopher Aldridge <caldridge@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T06:26:23+09:00
Subject: Re: OS independent way to read/write paths?

to determine how to handle the path, I use something as such:

require 'rbconfig'
include Config

home = "c:/documents and settings/username" if CONFIG['host'].match("mswin")
home = "/home/username" if CONFIG['host'].match("solaris")  ##for
solaris nix box

system("echo hello > #{home}/.txt")

The forward slashes usually work for windows in most cases but....
hope this helps..


On 8/23/05, Berger, Daniel <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Wells [mailto:lists@sourceillustrated.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:11 AM
> > To: ruby-talk ML
> > Subject: OS independent way to read/write paths?
> >
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > I'm running into some problems running scripts on Windows
> > that do file path mangling.  Problem is that it appears Ruby
> > converts all windows paths to forward slashes as opposed to
> > back slashes...fine by me, but I need to write them out on
> > occasion for consumption by other Windows programs or batch
> > files, and then I have a problem.
> >
> > I know this would be a relatively simple thing to handle on
> > my own, but wanted to know if, by my newness to Ruby, I'm
> > missing a wheel that's already been invented.  What's the
> > idiomatic way of handling this sort of problem?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > John
> 
> See pathname2, available on the RAA.  It will preserve your slashes as
> is.  It is also much better suited for Windows.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan
> 
>