#637: Problems with paths in the TCL/TK Windows GUI
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Reporter: marmai | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Tcl | Version: 6.4.0 RCs
Resolution: | Keywords: Tcl Window Gui path, wingrass
Platform: MSWindows 2K | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment (by hamish):
Replying to [comment:3 glynn]:
> Did you mean G_convert_dirseps_from_host()?
umm, yeah.
> It's only necessary to convert / to \ if the path is being
> passed to Windows' command interpreter. The rest of the OS
> understands both / and \.
Ok, so the code we need to check then is the bit that launches e.g.
dbf.exe child from lib/db/dbmi_client/start.c ???
> OTOH, some GRASS functions only recognise /, so any \
> characters need to be converted.
Hamish
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