Path separators

[forrestcupp]

I know this is kind of a crazy question, but in Python when I make a string with a path to a file, I can use os.sep which means that if it is being used in Windows it's the "\" character and in Linux/unix it's the "/" character. Is there anything like this in c#?

The reason I'm asking is because .NET is being used in Linux now, and it would make cross-platform stuff a little easier.

 

[LFCfan]

Have a look at this link:

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/netdiagnostics4.asp

The author says you should be able to use Environment.PathSeparator - but in my VS2005 C# Express edition I have at home, 'System.Environment' does not contain a definition for 'PathSeparator'


_{~LFCfan
who is gnawing on the knowledge}

 

[TipGiver]

// Get the platform specific path separator.
char chPathSep = Environment.PathSeparator;

// Get the platform specific director separator.
char chDirSep = Environment.DirectorySeparatorChar;

// Get the platform specific volume separator character.
char chVolSep = Environment.VolumeSeparatorChar;

 

[forrestcupp]

Thank you. Actually it was the DirectorySeparatorChar that I was looking for, but mine doesn't have it either. I wonder why.

 

[phinoppix]

I suppose you are using Mono. Take a look at System.IO.Path class...

Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar
Path.DirectorySeparatorChar

Hope this helps

 

[forrestcupp]

Thank you alphanytz. That is what I was looking for. I assume that on Linux the Path.DirectorySeparatorChar would be '/', and that I wouldn't have to distinguish between this and Path.AltDirectoryChar?

 

[phinoppix]

Yes Linux uses forward slash as directoy separator, and based on the docs, both properties return the same separator.