Path syntax

[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Hello,

I know that a dot (".") stands for the current directory, two dots ("..")
stand for the parent directory, but could someone please explain to me what
".:" stands for?

Thanks for your help,
Thomas

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Re: Path syntax

Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:[color=blue]
> I know that a dot (".") stands for the current directory, two dots
> ("..") stand for the parent directory, but could someone please
> explain to me what ".:" stands for?
>[/color]

That's a seperator used in the php.ini file for, per example, the
include_path directive.


JW

[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Re: Path syntax

Also sprach Janwillem Borleffs:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> explain to me what ".:" stands for?[/color]
>
> That's a seperator used in the php.ini file for, per example, the
> include_path directive.[/color]

I always thought ";" was the separator, not ":"?

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Path syntax

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:14:03 +0200, "Thomas Mlynarczyk"
<blue_elephant5 5@hotmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Also sprach Janwillem Borleffs:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> explain to me what ".:" stands for?[/color]
>>
>> That's a seperator used in the php.ini file for, per example, the
>> include_path directive.[/color]
>
>I always thought ";" was the separator, not ":"?[/color]

Operating system dependent. On UNIX it's :, but on Windows : is used in drive
specifications ("C:\whereve r") and would be ambiguous, so ; is used.

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[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Re: Path syntax

Also sprach Andy Hassall:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> I always thought ";" was the separator, not ":"?[/color]
>
> Operating system dependent. On UNIX it's :, but on Windows : is used
> in drive specifications ("C:\whereve r") and would be ambiguous, so ;
> is used.[/color]

Does it mean I must use either ";" or ":" depending on the OS PHP is running
under?