hpw to convert a linux python script ?

[Steve Holden]

Stephen Hansen wrote:
>> # Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
>> # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
>> MEDIA_ROOT = fsroot+'/Projects/PytDj/images/'
>>
>> Note that most Windows APIs allow you to use the forward slash as a
>> delimiter. It's mostly the command line and Windows Explorer that are
>> snotty about insisting on the backslash.
> 
> Idle curiosity, why do you prefer that to:
> 
> MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(fsroot, 'Projects', 'PytDj', 'images')
> 
> Not arguing that one is actually better then the other, just curious.
> 
Going for "good enough", I suppose. It's more readable, at least, not
that that makes a *huge* difference.

> In my own environment we have grown a whole big filesystem abstraction
> layer because we have to be able to address the same resources on
> network volumes in the same client on multiple OS's (mainly windows
> and mac presently, but a linux client has long been a
> consideration),... and on the mac having to sometimes use mac paths
> (":this:that:other") and sometimes posix paths ("/this/that/other")
> depending on what API layer I'm poking at in a given point of view...
> so personally I just end up being mildly curious how everyone else
> handles paths and such.
> 
> Cuz it was quite a bit of a pain early on.

The old Mac paths would indeed require your solution, which is strictly
speaking the best.

regards
 Steve
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