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file_basename(): bug or feature? [message #42773]

Thu, 24 February 2005 13:06

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Benjamin Hornberger
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Registered: March 2004

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On Unix machines, IDL's file_basename() function doesn't split a path in
Windows format (with backslashes). On Windows machines, it splits both
(yes, I know, on Windows you can also use both to specify a path). Is
this a bug or a feature?

Linux:

IDL> filename='d:\path\to\file.ex
IDL> print,file_basename(filename)
d:\path\to\file.ex
IDL> filename='d:/path/to/file.ex'
IDL> print,file_basename(filename)
file.ex

Windows:

IDL> filename='d:\path\to\file.ex'
IDL> print,file_basename(filename)
file.ex
IDL> filename='d:/path/to/file.ex'
IDL> print,file_basename(filename)
file.ex

I have a situation where a Linux machine has to handle Windows paths,
where this is quite annoying ...

Any comments? Thanks
Benjamin

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