+1 ~ David Smiley Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 3:30 PM Eric Pugh <ep...@opensourceconnections.com> wrote: > In the ref guide we duplicate all out bin/solr post examples to deal with > the / for unix/Mac and \ for windows. > > I asked ChatGPT about this, and it said that Java just deals with it… > > I was thinking we could reduce the duplication by just providing the linux > example, and not labeling it “Linux/Mac” and not having a separate windows > one… > > Thoughts? > > Eric > > > What ChatGPT said: > In Java, the file path handling is designed to be platform-independent, so > a path like example/films/films.json will generally work on both Unix-based > systems (like Linux or macOS) and Windows, regardless of the underlying > file system conventions. > > Java's File class, which is used to interact with the file system, > automatically handles the differences in path separators between platforms. > On Unix-based systems, the path separator is the forward slash (/), while > on Windows, it's the backslash (\). > > When you pass a path like example/films/films.json to Java, it will > interpret the path correctly on both platforms. On Windows, Java will > automatically convert the forward slashes to backslashes as needed. > > Similarly, if you pass a Windows-style path like example\films\films.json, > Java will also handle that correctly on both Unix-based systems and Windows. > > The key point is that Java abstracts away the differences in file system > conventions between platforms, allowing your code to work consistently > across different operating systems. As long as you use Java's file system > APIs (such as File, Path, or Paths), you don't need to worry about the > underlying path separator characters. > > _______________________ > Eric Pugh | Founder | OpenSource Connections, LLC | 434.466.1467 | > http://www.opensourceconnections.com < > http://www.opensourceconnections.com/> | My Free/Busy < > http://tinyurl.com/eric-cal> > Co-Author: Apache Solr Enterprise Search Server, 3rd Ed < > https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/apache-solr-enterprise-search-server-third-edition-raw> > > This e-mail and all contents, including attachments, is considered to be > Company Confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise, regardless of > whether attachments are marked as such. > >
