Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!claris!jazzman From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: use of : instead of / Message-ID: <10481@claris.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 20:41:27 GMT References: <10699@smoke.BRL.MIL> Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 22 From article <10699@smoke.BRL.MIL>, by gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn): > In article <8908092340.AA26029@trout.nosc.mil> delton@pro-carolina.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: > -Harumph? GS/OS takes as the terminator the first terminator used in a > -pathname so if you start out using : then : is the terminator. If you start > -the path with / then / is the terminator and : could be in the file/directory > -names. > > So "a:b/c" parses as "a" "b/c" while "a/b:c" parses as "a" "b:c"? > Is that supposed to be rational? What he meant is : ":a:b/c" parses "a" and "b/c" "/a:b/c" parses "a:b" and "c" I imagine it goes through some serious higgery jiggery when parsing partial pathnames. -- Syd Polk | Wherever you go, there you are. jazzman@claris.com | Let the music be your light. GO 'STROS! | These opinions are mine. Any resemblence to other GO RICE! | opinions, real or fictitious, is purely coincidence.