Forward Slash in Path

matelot · Post by **matelot** » 2011 Feb 22, 23:13

It seems the app can not handle path containing "/" (in the path entry box)
i.e.: "C:\temp/somedir/copied/fromunix\matelotsfolder"

Is this a fact ?

Is there some reason the developer doesn't want to handle this ?

Post by **nikos** » 2011 Feb 23, 07:34

in windows we do things with backslashes

but i have tried it on my windows 7 and xplorer2 doesn't have a problem with mixed backslashes

matelot · Post by **matelot** » 2011 Feb 23, 14:51

nikos wrote:in windows we do things with backslashes ...

Oh REALLY ?! wow...

But my point is why is it, that you/dev don't just convert "/" to "" in the path string.

BTW, I should be more specific :

I'm talking about FULL path:

"C:\mysandbox\data/dept_x/secret_script/top_secrets.sql"

--- works in XP Win. Explorer but does NOT in xplorer2Lite

Post by **nikos** » 2011 Feb 23, 17:49

for me it works in XP too. Just to be certain, did you try the professional xplorer2?

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2011 Feb 23, 19:26

hmmm,
I created the folder structure I assume you have:
C:\mysandbox\data\dept_x\secret_script\top_secrets.sql
and tried to confirm the mixed backslash issue on my XP box with x2Lite, including the trailing forward slash, but x2Lite recognizes the path with no problem.

on closer inspection I see the secret_script folder name is mistyped in your example. Could that be the problem?

matelot · Post by **matelot** » 2011 Feb 24, 03:46

fgagnon wrote:hmmm,
I created the folder structure I assume you have:
C:\mysandbox\data\dept_x\secret_script\top_secrets.sql
and tried to confirm the mixed backslash issue on my XP box with x2Lite, including the trailing forward slash, but x2Lite recognizes the path with no problem.

haha you didn't have to go thru all that trouble recreating my path, man, just "edit > copy names" any file you have and just change one "" to "/".

Anyway, are you on Win7 ?

I'm on XP, 1.8.0.11 [Ansi] LITE

matelot · Post by **matelot** » 2011 Feb 24, 03:48

nikos wrote:for me it works in XP too. Just to be certain, did you try the professional xplorer2?

No, been using Lite and it serves me just fine

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2011 Feb 24, 04:23

As I said in my post, I tested on XP.
And I could not reproduce your issue by adding a forward slash anywhere in the path typed in the address bar.

But I just discovered the issue exists when you have at least one forward slash in the path specification AND include the target filename at the end of the path. (I originally took your example as path spec w/o target file.)
b.t.w. - The issue exists in x2Pro as well. :(

matelot · Post by **matelot** » 2011 Feb 24, 05:18

fgagnon wrote: But I just discovered the issue exists when you have at least one forward slash in the path specification AND include the target filename at the end of the path. (I originally took your example as path spec w/o target file.)
b.t.w. - The issue exists in x2Pro as well. :(

yes, that's my complaint

To reiterate,

when the LAST slash of the FULL path is "/" - xplorer2 beeps:
C:\Program Files\zabkat\xplorer2_lite/changes.txt

Post by **nikos** » 2011 Feb 24, 07:18

i see that too but i don't know how to call it!