From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-11-19T15:52:22+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...
>
> Isn't this what File.join is supposed to do?  I haven't tried Ruby on 
> Windows, but the documentation for File.join in Pickaxe is:
>
> "Returns a new string formed by joining the strings using 
> File::SEPARATOR."
>
> Presumably File::SEPARATOR is defined as backslash on Windows and 
> forward-slash on *nix machines.

No:
C:\WINDOWS>ruby -e "p [File::SEPARATOR, File.join('a','b')]"
["/", "a/b"]

File.join(*foo).gsub("/", "\\") might do what the OP wanted.

Cheers,
Dave