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Re: Directory separators [message #23760 is a reply to message #23758]

Tue, 13 February 2001 08:32

Dave Greenwood
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Registered: October 2000

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Ben Tupper <btupper@bigelow.org> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have been using the following function to select the appropriate OS
> specific directory separator. I have two questions about it: (1) what
> is the correct directory separator in VMS?, and (2) is there a built-in
> means of getting the same information?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
> ;------START
> FUNCTION SYSSEP
>
> Case StrLowCase(!Version.OS_Family) of
> 'unix': Return, '/'
> 'win': Return,'\'
> 'macos': Return,':'
> 'vms': Return, ''
> Else: Return, ''
> EndCase
>
> End
> ;---------END

Paul van Delst is correct that "." separates subdirectories in VMS.
However, the most frequent use that I've seen for a case statement like
the above is to separate the directory specification from a file name.
In that case you'd want "]". To complete Paul's example:

DISK$NAME1:[PAULV.DIR.SUBDIR.SUBSUBDIR]filename.ext

Dave
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		Re: Directory separators By: hahn on Tue, 13 February 2001 09:43
		Re: Directory separators By: Dave Greenwood on Tue, 13 February 2001 08:32
		Re: Directory separators By: Paul van Delst on Tue, 13 February 2001 08:18
		Re: Directory separators By: George Constantinides on Wed, 28 March 2001 14:41

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