g.dirseps(1grass)

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version 8.5.0 · 10 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

bestie, welcome to g.dirseps 💅 this is the internal GRASS utility for converting directory separator characters, fr fr.

okay so what it literally does: it converts any directory separator characters in the input string to or from native host format, and writes the changed path to standard output. no cap. and yes it's useful in scripts for Windows compatibility 🪟✨

oh and btw, the manual this lives in is g.dirseps(1grass) — that's the GRASS User's Manual, in case the vibe wasn't clear 🎀

🌈 KEYWORDS 🌈

general, map management, scripts — iykyk 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🎀 Flags 🎀

  • -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 🤫
  • --ui — Force launching GUI dialog 🖥️

🦋 Parameters 🦋

  • path=string — Path to be converted (read from stdin if not specified) 🛤️

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay bestie, listen. g.dirseps is an internal tool only. it's not out here trying to be a whole moment, it's just doing its one job 💅

it copies the input string to stdout, changing directory separator characters as specified by flags — that's literally it, and that's iconic.

it's used for interoperability between Unix and MS-Windows pathnames 🌍🪟 — the classic cross-platform bestie situation, slay.

ngl, remember: this is internal. it exists to do this one conversion and dip. periodt.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Kelly 🌟

🔥 SOURCE CODE 🔥

Available at: g.dirseps source code (history)

Latest change: Friday Feb 07 19:16:09 2025 in commit: a82a39f673b97fafcfce1604dc3e6015cb96487a

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that's a wrap, bestie 🫶 this was GRASS 8.5.0, page g.dirseps(1grass), brought to you by the © 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, out here in the GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual ✨💖 go convert some separators, you got this 💅

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