Re: [Haskell-cafe] File path programme

On 27 Jan 2005, at 11:33, Keean Schupke wrote:

Except paths are different on different platforms... for example:

/a/b/../c/hello\ there/test

and:

A:\a\b\

notice how the backslash is used to 'escape' a space or meta-character on

only it isn't. That's a property of a shell, the underlying OS allows spaces in file names with no need for an escaping mechanism. Jules