Q: how to change path separator in command output?

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 09:28 -0700, C. Mundi wrote:
> Hi.  New user question.
> 
> I've just skimmed the users guide and started playing with bzr 1.6b3
> on a pair of Linux and WinXP boxes.
> 
> I'm already thinking about ways to integrate bzr into our build
> process, so...
> 
> Paths in command output use the solidus (i.e., /) for path separators
> in console output both on Windows and Linux.
> 
> I might have expected that bzr would use Python's os.sep.which would
> give a reverse solidus on Windows, but apparently not.  There must be
> a good reason for this, though I did not find a clear one in the gmane
> archives.
> 
> Is there a way to control the path-separator behavior, or is there a
> reason I would not want to?  I'm just starting to think about this, as
> you can tell.

We normalise all paths at entrance to bzr and use / thereafter; I think
we accept \ on windows; I *thought* we did write \ on output there but
perhaps I'm mistaken - unless you are running with cygwin's python
perhaps?

-Rob
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