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Added os.altsep; this is '/' on DOS/Windows, and None on systems with
a sane filename syntax.
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‎Doc/lib/libos.tex‎

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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{sep}
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The character used by the OS to separate pathname components, e.g.\
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\code{'/'} for POSIX or \code{':'} for the Mac. Note that knowing this
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The character used by the OS to separate pathname components,
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e.g. \code{'/'} for POSIX or \code{':'} for the Mac. Note that knowing this
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is not sufficient to be able to parse or concatenate pathnames---better
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use \code{os.path.split()} and \code{os.path.join()}---but it is
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occasionally useful.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{altsep}
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An alternative character used by the OS to separate pathname components,
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or \code{None} if only one separator character exists. This is set to
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\code{'/'} on DOS/Windows systems where \code{sep} is a backslash.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{pathsep}
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The character conventionally used by the OS to separate search patch
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components (as in \code{\$PATH}), e.g.\ \code{':'} for POSIX or

‎Doc/libos.tex‎

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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{sep}
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The character used by the OS to separate pathname components, e.g.\
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\code{'/'} for POSIX or \code{':'} for the Mac. Note that knowing this
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The character used by the OS to separate pathname components,
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e.g. \code{'/'} for POSIX or \code{':'} for the Mac. Note that knowing this
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is not sufficient to be able to parse or concatenate pathnames---better
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use \code{os.path.split()} and \code{os.path.join()}---but it is
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occasionally useful.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{altsep}
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An alternative character used by the OS to separate pathname components,
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or \code{None} if only one separator character exists. This is set to
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\code{'/'} on DOS/Windows systems where \code{sep} is a backslash.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{pathsep}
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The character conventionally used by the OS to separate search patch
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components (as in \code{\$PATH}), e.g.\ \code{':'} for POSIX or

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