Normalize Windows Path Names

[rtilley]

Is there a way to normalize pathnames? On Windows, many system calls
return a windows path that contains back slashes like this:

C:\windows\system32

I'd prefer to have forward slashes since they are easier to work with
like this:

C:/windows/system32

Windows will accept either slash. What is the best way for Ruby to
convert to normal slashes?

Thank you,
Brad

 

[Daniel Berger]

Is there a way to normalize pathnames? On Windows, many system calls
return a windows path that contains back slashes like this:

C:\windows\system32

I'd prefer to have forward slashes since they are easier to work with
like this:

C:/windows/system32

Windows will accept either slash. What is the best way for Ruby to
convert to normal slashes?

See String#tr and String#tr!

"C:\\foo\\bar".tr("\\", '/') # C:/foo/bar

Regards,

Dan

 

[rtilley]

See String#tr and String#tr!

"C:\\foo\\bar".tr("\\", '/') # C:/foo/bar

Regards,

Dan

Thanks Dan! That's great.