Re: [MacPerl] Mac-perl Directory translation question....

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 04.27 98.02.06, Tadd Williams wrote:
>I'm working with a perl search script, and I need to list a directory
>path, and as I'm sure as you all know mac uses : while perl likes /

Noooooooo.

Unix uses /.  Windows uses \ and sometimes /.  Mac uses :.

>When the script translates the url after the search the : appears
>instead of  / and as a result the link gives me a 400 bad request error
>telling me that you can't use : in a url..
>
>please help...can I do anything???

Sure.  Change the /s to :s.

See the Help on Regular Expressions or perlfaq6 on regular expressions.

Also, for more information on other slight differences in paths, see
"Macintosh Specific Features", also under Help.

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