slash and backslash in Ruby

Question

I want to write a application that works in windows and linux. but I have a path problem because windows use \"\\\" and Linux use \"/\" .how can I solve this problem. thanks

Answer 1

Yes, it's annoying as a windows users to keep replacing those backslashes to slashes and vice-versa if you need the path to copy it to your filemanager, so i do it like his. It does no harm if you are on Linux or Mac and saves a lot of nuisance in windows.

path = 'I:\ebooks\dutch\_verdelen\Komma'.gsub(/\\/,'/')

Dir.glob("#{path}/**/*.epub").each do |file|
    puts file
end