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I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
targeting.

For example, in UNIX, it would be / while in windows it would be \

A filename could then be built up using

sprintf( filename , "directory%sfilename", MACRO );

Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?

raphfrk wrote:
> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
> targeting.
>
> For example, in UNIX, it would be / while in windows it would be \
>
> A filename could then be built up using
>
> sprintf( filename , "directory%sfilename", MACRO );
>
> Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?

Yes, use '/', windows compilers accept both forms.

--
Ian Collins.

raphfrk said:

> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
> targeting.

There isn't, for the very simple reason that the Standard doesn't
acknowledge the existence of directories. (Some systems really, truly,
honestly don't have them. They have other ways of organising files.)

> For example, in UNIX, it would be / while in windows it would be \
>
> A filename could then be built up using
>
> sprintf( filename , "directory%sfilename", MACRO );
>
> Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?

If your targets are Windows and Unix, just use the / separator - it works
fine on both. (It doesn't actually work on the Windows command line for
ordinary "DOS"-style commands, but it works just fine within a C program.)

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On Mar 28, 10:59 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
> > Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?
>
> If your targets are Windows and Unix, just use the / separator

cool, thanks

raphfrk wrote:
> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
> targeting.

Not possible. Consider that VMS uses the form

server::disk:[000000.dir1.dir2]filename.ext;version

and other OSen use even more amusing variants.

For windows and *nix, as others have pointed out, "/" is fine, windows
only pretends not to like /.

--
Mark McIntyre

CLC FAQ <http://c-faq.com/>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

raphfrk wrote:
> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
> targeting.
>
> For example, in UNIX, it would be / while in windows it would be \
>
> A filename could then be built up using
>
> sprintf( filename , "directory%sfilename", MACRO );
>
> Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?

Anything that can produce

SYS$DISK:<rootdir.>[topdir.directory]filename.ext;-1

suffices.

--
Eric Sosman
lid

Mark McIntyre wrote:
> raphfrk wrote:
>> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
>> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
>> targeting.
>
> Not possible. Consider that VMS uses the form
>
> server::disk:[000000.dir1.dir2]filename.ext;version
>
> and other OSen use even more amusing variants.
>
> For windows and *nix, as others have pointed out, "/" is fine, windows
> only pretends not to like /.
>
It is the Windows command processors, command.com and cmd.exe which
demand '\' separators. The OS as far back as MSDOS 2.0 I think, is quite
happy with the '/' separator.

--
Joe Wright
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
--- Albert Einstein ---

Ian Collins <ian-> writes:
> raphfrk wrote:
>> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
>> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
>> targeting.
>>
>> For example, in UNIX, it would be / while in windows it would be \
>>
>> A filename could then be built up using
>>
>> sprintf( filename , "directory%sfilename", MACRO );
>>
>> Alternatively, is there a clean way to do it ?
>
> Yes, use '/', windows compilers accept both forms.

<OT>
If you're using it to open a file, it's probably ok. If you intend to
display it to a user, possibly a Windows user who's not aware of this
particular hidden feature of Windows, you might want to consider
going to some extra effort to use '\\'.
</OT>

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) <kst->
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

On 29 Mar 2008 at 0:29, Joe Wright wrote:
> Mark McIntyre wrote:
>> raphfrk wrote:
>>> I was wondering if there is a standard macro that will evaluate to the
>>> directory separator character in the OS that the compiler is
>>> targeting.
>>
>> Not possible. Consider that VMS uses the form
>>
>> server::disk:[000000.dir1.dir2]filename.ext;version
>>
>> and other OSen use even more amusing variants.
>>
>> For windows and *nix, as others have pointed out, "/" is fine, windows
>> only pretends not to like /.
>>
> It is the Windows command processors, command.com and cmd.exe which
> demand '\' separators. The OS as far back as MSDOS 2.0 I think, is quite
> happy with the '/' separator.

That must be useful for CBF then - I think he's upgraded to MSDOS 2.0
now, hasn't he?