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    Specifying file paths (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 3 months ago by mugdad1@lemm.ee to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25005978

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    [–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    Funny thing is Windows accepts forward slashes as arguments in programs and API for long time. They just refuse to return forward slashes and don't give users/developer options to do so, so we have to deal with it anyway

    [–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I think you mean users\developers

    [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

    DIR πŸ€ͺ

    [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

    screenshot of PowerShell

    On Windows 11 it's possible to use backslash for path in the terminal. But then it's windows 11 and their million bugs

    [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Windows just wants to help you learn about escape characters

    [–] kippinitreal@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    CR LF

    [–] OrekiWoof@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I hope the file encodings CEO and the line endings CEO trip over something and break their nose

    [–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

    Also whoever decided to do strings in WTF-16

    [–] MITM0@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Ahhhh I get it

    [–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, I only got it after I bumped into it second time

    [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Now do a loss crossover.

    [–] muhyb@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    I I Δ±

    I I I _

    [–] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

    ~~::|:;~~

    [–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    you lose a hand specifying linux file paths?

    [–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago

    If you use the character 0x20 in a file name, yes

    [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

    No! That’s impossible!

    [–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Linux species file paths?

    Edit: Mac does too, they just hide it.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    You guys have files?

    [–] mugdad1@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    bro everything is a file

    [–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Dad, am I a file?

    [–] mugdad1@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

    yes son

    [–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

    .dna files

    [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

    Technically yes

    [–] HStone32@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

    I mean, DNA can be stored in a file. Hormones and steroids can be described discretely by chemical composition. And while we still don't understand how the frontal lobe works, we do understand how brains store, recognize, and recall information, which is the basis for generative AI today.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

    https://medium.com/@ageitgey/python-3-quick-tip-the-easy-way-to-deal-with-file-paths-on-windows-mac-and-linux-11a072b58d5f

    [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    https://github.com/tox-dev/platformdirs

    [–] mugdad1@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

    wtf

    [–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Old Mac OS before Mac OS X used : as path separator Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:My File.txt. It’s still used for AppleScript. Converting from and to POSIX paths using / happens pretty regularly when writing AppleScript nowadays.

    That’s also the reason why : is still an illegal character to use for file names on macOS.

    [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

    All too easy

    [–] HStone32@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

    I've never met anyone who likes the windows shell environment, or uses it by choice. Only people who try very hard to convince themselves UNIX is somehow worse.

    [–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    It’s the Overly-VerboseCommandSyntax in PowerShell that always grinds my gears.