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dosish.h File Reference

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Support for so-called dosish systems. More...

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#define PATH_SEP   ":"
 The delimiter of PATH environment variable. More...
 
#define PATH_SEP_CHAR   PATH_SEP[0]
 Identical to PATH_SEP, except it is of type char. More...
 
#define PATH_ENV   "PATH"
 
#define CASEFOLD_FILESYSTEM   0
 Stone age assumption was that an operating system supports only one file system at a moment. More...
 

Detailed Description

Support for so-called dosish systems.

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Definition in file dosish.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ CASEFOLD_FILESYSTEM

#define CASEFOLD_FILESYSTEM   0

Stone age assumption was that an operating system supports only one file system at a moment.

This macro was to detect if such (one and only) file system has case sensitivity. This assumption is largely not true any longer; most operating systems can mount many kinds of file systems side by side. Also there are file systems that do or do not ignore cases depending on configuration (e.g. EXT4's casefold feature).

This macro is still used internally (for instance Ruby level constant File::FNM_SYSCASE depends on it), but it is basically a wrong idea for you to use it today. Please just find another way.

Definition at line 85 of file dosish.h.

◆ PATH_ENV

#define PATH_ENV   "PATH"
Deprecated:
This macro once was a thing in the old days, but makes no sense any longer today.

Exists here for backwards compatibility only. You can safely forget about it.

Definition at line 63 of file dosish.h.

◆ PATH_SEP

#define PATH_SEP   ":"

The delimiter of PATH environment variable.

Definition at line 45 of file dosish.h.

◆ PATH_SEP_CHAR

#define PATH_SEP_CHAR   PATH_SEP[0]

Identical to PATH_SEP, except it is of type char.

Definition at line 49 of file dosish.h.