From: Brian Hartin <brian.hartin@...>
Date: 2008-05-24T02:51:42+09:00
Subject: Re: File::Separator on win32

Daniel Berger wrote:
> Michael Siebert wrote:
>> is ALT_SEPARATOR / on *nixes? according to the docs, its \, too. i need a
>> portable way without the need to rewrite everything...
> 
> Which docs?  Anyway, it's nil on *nix platforms.  I'm not sure about 
> VMS, though.
> 
> There's always RUBY_PLATFORM.match('mswin') :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan

`md #{File.join("c:","foo")}` fails as well.  STDERR contains 'The 
syntax of the command is incorrect'.

In other languages, like Java, the path separator constant/method is 
used to abstract the knowledge of which operating system is in play. 
Can it not be so in Ruby?
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