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g.dirseps

Internal GRASS utility for converting directory separator characters.

Converts any directory separator characters in the input string to or from native host format, and writes the changed path to standard output. Useful in scripts for Windows compatibility.

g.dirseps [-hg] [path=string] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]

Example:

g.dirseps

grass.script.parse_command("g.dirseps", path=None, flags=None, verbose=False, quiet=False, superquiet=False)

Example:

gs.parse_command("g.dirseps")

Parameters

path=string
    Path to be converted (read from stdin if not specified)
-h
    Convert directory separators to native host format
-g
    Convert directory separators to GRASS internal format
--help
    Print usage summary
--verbose
    Verbose module output
--quiet
    Quiet module output
--qq
    Very quiet module output
--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

path : str, optional
    Path to be converted (read from stdin if not specified)
flags : str, optional
    Allowed values: h, g
    h
        Convert directory separators to native host format
    g
        Convert directory separators to GRASS internal format
verbose: bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: False
quiet: bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: False
superquiet: bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: False

DESCRIPTION

g.dirseps is an internal tool only. It copies input string to stdout, changing directory separator characters as specified by flags. It is used for interoperability between Unix and MS-Windows pathnames.

AUTHOR

Paul Kelly

SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.dirseps source code (history)
Latest change: Friday Feb 07 19:16:09 2025 in commit a82a39f