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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Jeffrey Janner <Je...@PolyDyne.com> on 2013/08/06 17:05:44 UTC
Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Had a programmer build a filepath using "\" instead of "/" , because he's windows centric (duh).
Works great on my mostly windows deployments, but fails spectacularly on Unix/Linux boxes.
Is there a Java option that can force the Linux boxes to treat the backslash as a forward slash?
Fixing the code for future releases, but need to get something working now with existing code.
Jeffrey Janner
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RE: Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Posted by Jeffrey Janner <Je...@PolyDyne.com>.
From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:Jeffrey.Janner@PolyDyne.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:06 AM
To: 'Tomcat Users List'
Subject: Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Had a programmer build a filepath using "\" instead of "/" , because he's windows centric (duh).
Works great on my mostly windows deployments, but fails spectacularly on Unix/Linux boxes.
Is there a Java option that can force the Linux boxes to treat the backslash as a forward slash?
[Jeff Janner] Obviously, the answer to my question above was "No!", though no one bothered to address it directly.
Fixing the code for future releases, but need to get something working now with existing code.
[Jeff Janner] Yes, I changed all hard-coded path separators to "/" and recompiled. Luckily, I had the time to make the correction before it went out to the customer base.
Jeffrey Janner
Sr. Network Administrator
jeffrey.janner@polydyne.com<ma...@polydyne.com>
PolyDyne Software Inc.
Main: 512.343.9100
Direct: 512.583.8930
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Re: Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Jeffrey,
On 8/6/13 11:05 AM, Jeffrey Janner wrote:
> Had a programmer build a filepath using "\" instead of "/" ,
> because he's windows centric (duh).
>
> Works great on my mostly windows deployments, but fails
> spectacularly on Unix/Linux boxes.
>
> Is there a Java option that can force the Linux boxes to treat the
> backslash as a forward slash?
>
> Fixing the code for future releases, but need to get something
> working now with existing code.
Usually, the procedure is to always use / and let the Windows JVM
"convert" the file path appropriately. The reason to favor "/" instead
of "\" is because "\" has another meaning as a general-purpose escape
character.
- -chris
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Re: Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Mark,
On 8/7/13 9:00 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 03:05:44PM +0000, Jeffrey Janner wrote:
>> Had a programmer build a filepath using "\" instead of "/" ,
>> because he's windows centric (duh).
>
> Probably should be using java.io.File.separator.
It's not worth it, since / always works regardless of platform. It
also works in properties files where using File.separator is not an
option.
- -chris
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Re: Option to allow "\" in hardcoded file paths
Posted by "Mark H. Wood" <mw...@IUPUI.Edu>.
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 03:05:44PM +0000, Jeffrey Janner wrote:
> Had a programmer build a filepath using "\" instead of "/" , because he's windows centric (duh).
Probably should be using java.io.File.separator.
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Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu
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