[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> after having some problems with split-path, here is my version:
>
> (Andrew, it may be nice to have it in your %patch.r)
> split-path %file.r
> split-path %dir/
These ones, I feel, aren't a problem. The existing implementation of
split-path is correct, I believe.
> split-path to file! ""
I agree that this one's incorrect, and needs fixing.
Andrew Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2000 9:23 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Split-path correction
> Hi,
>
> after having some problems with split-path, here is my version:
>
> (Andrew, it may be nice to have it in your %patch.r)
>
> split-path: func [
> {
> Splits a file or URL. Returns a block containing path and
> target.
>
> Overcomes some limitations of the Core split-path like
> strange results for:
>
> split-path %file.r
> split-path %dir/
> split-path to file! ""
>
> Moreover, the identity:
>
> file = (append copy first r: split-path file second r)
>
> is always preserved.
> }
> file [file! url!]
> /local path target
> ] [
> target: path: to string! file
> parse path [any [#"/" target: | skip]]
> path: copy/part path target
> reduce [to file path to file target]
> ]
>
