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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of � |
| Date | 2013-09-06 02:15 -0400 |
| References | (2 earlier) <mailman.513.1378154810.19984.python-list@python.org> <5225443e$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <20130903053159.5221f886@bigbox.christie.dr> <mailman.10.1378233513.5461.python-list@python.org> <84ji2914grkpljfom0kihfpfvlo33bssbo@4ax.com> |
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On 9/5/2013 11:33 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: > random832@fastmail.us wrote: >> >> Of course, in 99% of situations where you can use a windows pathname in >> Python, you are free to use it with a forward slash instead of a >> backslash. > > This is actually worth repeating, because it's not well known. > > ALL Windows APIs handle forward and backward slashes interchangably. It is > only the command interpreter that requires the backslash. and only for the path the the command, when needed, and not for the arguments of the command. Example, in a python development directory > pcbuild\python_d tools/scripts/patchcheck.py -- Terry Jan Reedy
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How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © materile11@gmail.com - 2013-09-01 17:03 -0700
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-09-02 10:23 +1000
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-01 19:34 -0500
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © materile11@gmail.com - 2013-09-01 21:20 -0700
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-01 19:40 -0500
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-09-01 19:40 -0700
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-09-02 13:22 -0700
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-03 02:06 +0000
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-03 05:31 -0500
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © random832@fastmail.us - 2013-09-03 14:31 -0400
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-09-05 20:33 -0700
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of � Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-09-06 02:15 -0400
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of © random832@fastmail.us - 2013-09-06 09:29 -0400
Re: How to split with "\" character, and licence copyleft mirror of � Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-09-11 11:16 +0100
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