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Re: [xml] Lists in XML_CATALOG_FILES
- From: Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>
- To: Geert Kloosterman <geertk ai rug nl>
- Cc: Justin Fletcher <justin fletcher ntlworld com>, xml gnome org
- Subject: Re: [xml] Lists in XML_CATALOG_FILES
- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:44:32 +0100 (BST)
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
>
Sander
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