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Re: [xml] Lists in XML_CATALOG_FILES



On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Geert Kloosterman wrote:

> >>>>> "Justin" == Justin Fletcher <justin fletcher ntlworld com> writes:
> 
>     >> Python has a similar constant called os.pathsep.  Looking at os.py its
>     >> ":" for Unix, ";" for DOS, Windows, OS/2, "\n" for Mac, and "," for
>     >> RiscOs.
> 
>     Justin> Drifting off topic, but "," for RISC OS is really
>     Justin> unsuitable as a path separator for most applications
>     Justin> because it's a valid character within the filesystem.
> 
> Hmmm...   ":", the Unix (path) component seperator (as used in $PATH,
> $MANPATH, $INFOPATH, and probably almost every other environment variable
> containing a search path) is also a valid character in the filesystem.
> 

All 8bit values other that NUL and / are valid in unix filenames and
neither can be used as separators...

> 
> Geert
> 

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