[GRLUG] Paths

[Ben DeMott]

Thanks, you guys are worth a truck load of bananas, in fact I made a list
why I like bananas just for you guys. :SMILE:


 1.) Just say it 'banana' - its like Mississippi without all the work.
 2.) What other food can you peel without a tool?
 3.) One of the only foods that's not inappropriate to eat after its been
laying on the floor
 4.) Don't you wish everything turned brown when it wasn't appropriate to
use?
 5.) They are banned from some Universities female dorms, so I laugh when I
eat them.



On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:02 AM, <rh90p at comcast.net> wrote:

> I didn't see where the question deserves the answer.  We should all take
> your recommendation and blow off your answer.
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com>
> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Ben DeMott <ben.demott at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I feel like a noob asking this, and probably will be chastized for
> asking,
> >
> > If you ever act so incredibly deferential on this list again, I will
> > personally electronically chastise you for doing so. :-P
> >
> > No question deserves an insult for an answer; If you get one, read
> > around it and carry on. This isn't USENET. :-)
> >
> > >
> > > I was coding away today ... and I realized (not sure why I never
> noticed
> > > before) that python seemed to think //etc//httpd//conf.d was a
> perfectly
> > > legitimate directory name.
> > >
> > > I then opened my terminal (bash) and was surprised to find that typing
> `cd
> > > //etc//httpd//conf.d`  worked just fine.
> > >
> > > Is this a feature - or am I missing the point about something - and
> secondly
> > > would it be wise to allow this behaviour in my program for when an
> > > individual specifies a path?
> >
> > It's common behavior on Linux; Having to path delimiters (//) gets
> > collapsed, though I'm not sure where it happens.  In any case, if it's
> > a behavior that's everywhere and that people may depend on, it would
> > break the user's expectations for you to disallow it in your own code.
> >
> > An example where it's useful: If you have a shell variable $VAR that's
> > a path to a directory, and you want to put something in that
> > directory, you can simply say $VAR/filename.  If $VAR already has a
> > trailing /, the additional one gets collapsed into it.
> >
> > --
> > :wq
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