RE: file specification syntax for Win32, MacOS, UNIX?

["David McClurg" <dmcclurg@...>]

I use the python os.path module for a handy reference.

python/lib/
  dospath.py
  macpath.py
  macurl2path.py
  ntpath.py
  nturl2path.py
  posixpath.py

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-os.path.html
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/6.2/en/os/alpha/mnt
/source/usr/lib/python1.5/macpath.py
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/6.2/en/os/alpha/mnt
/source/usr/lib/python1.5/ntpath.py
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/6.2/en/os/alpha/mnt
/source/usr/lib/python1.5/posixpath.py

Even if you can't read python very good, there are useful comments. For
example, in macpath.py:

# Normalize a pathname: get rid of '::' sequences by backing up,
# e.g., 'foo:bar::bletch' becomes 'foo:bletch'.
# Raise the exception norm_error below if backing up is impossible,
# e.g., for '::foo'.
# XXX The Unix version doesn't raise an exception but simply
# returns an unnormalized path.  Should do so here too.

hope that helps,
D.McClurg

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
[mailto:owner-lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br]On Behalf Of Andreas Rozek
Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2002 3:01 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Q: file specification syntax for Win32, MacOS, UNIX?


Good evening!

For some platform-independent code, I need the syntax of file
specifications (including volumes and folders) for Win32, Mac
OS and UNIX platforms.

Does anybody have a pointer  to such information?  I searched
the web but without success (it seems to be too basic for be-
ing published on a web page...)

Thanks in advance for your effort!

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