Bob Showalter wrote:
> Justin Johnson wrote:
>> Using ruby 1.8.2 on Windows XP, the path separator used for things like 
>> File.join is always / instead of \.  Is there a way to force ruby to use 
>> the correct path separator?
> 
> "correct" is debatable, since the Windows API accepts / as a separator.
> 
> Anyway, one approach you can use is:
> 
>    File.join('foo','bar').gsub(File::SEPARATOR,
>      File::ALT_SEPARATOR || File::SEPARATOR)
> 
> On Win32 -> foo\bar
> On *nix  -> foo/bar

Is there a reason File::SEPARATOR isn't set to \ to begin with for 
Windows?  Even if the Windows API accepts a /, \ is standard for the 
Windows command line and executing commands with / in paths passed as 
args fails.  Of course I can just do my own substitutions, but it seems 
like this could be improved.

Thanks.

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