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Specifying file paths

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Specifying file paths

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linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25005978

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Old Mac OS before Mac OS X used : as path separator Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:My File.txt. It’s still used for AppleScript. Converting from and to POSIX paths using / happens pretty regularly when writing AppleScript nowadays.

That’s also the reason why : is still an illegal character to use for file names on macOS.

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