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2000-07-11 17:40

2000-07-25 18:29

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0000159: Filename under Windows

Description

I am using ocaml-3.00 under Windows. According to the documentation
for the Filename module, dirname and basename should satisfy the
following property:

      concat (dirname name) (basename name)
      returns a file name which is equivalent to name.

But:

       dirname "c:/windows" = "c:",
       basename "c:/" = "windows"
       and "c:windows" is a relative pathname to the file windows in
         the current directory (provided it is on the c: drive)

Similarly:

       dirname "c:/" = "c:",
       basename "c:/" = ""
       and "c:" is the current directory, not "c:/"

(It doesn't matter whether / or \ is used, the results are the same.)

-Trevor

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(0000419) administrator (administrator) 2000-07-25 18:15	Hi Trevor, > I am using ocaml-3.00 under Windows. According to the documentation > for the Filename module, dirname and basename should satisfy the > following property: > concat (dirname name) (basename name) > returns a file name which is equivalent to name. > But: > > dirname "c:/windows" = "c:", > basename "c:/" = "windows" > and "c:windows" is a relative pathname to the file windows in > the current directory (provided it is on the c: drive) Well spotted. I just fixed Filename.dirname so that it doesn't strip the "/" or "\" immediately following a drive specification. Cheers, - Xavier

(0000420) administrator (administrator) 2000-07-25 18:29	Fixed 2000-07-25 by Xavier

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