On 22 March 2011 05:47, Shantanu Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 22, 3:29 am, siyu798 <[email protected]> wrote: >> (dirname "/a/b/c") should return "/a/b/" on both win and unix > > You can write such a function yourself. Irrespective of the platform, > Java works fine with '/' as a separator in the filename.
In fact, this is not limited to Java. '/' is a path separator on equal footing with '\' on Windows (short of UNC paths, regrettably). This fact is often obscured by applications that make use of some ad-hoc path mangling and implicitly assume '\' as the only path separator. Interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)#MS-DOS.2FMicrosoft_Windows_style -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
