Re: [Msys2-users] python and directory separators

[Stephen L. <ste...@st...>]

Ray Donnelly <min...@gm...> writes:

> Which python do you mean here? There are many:
>
> mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-python2 2.7.6-10 [installed]
>     A high-level scripting language (mingw-w64)

This one; it was installed by mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain.

> msys/python2 should never use '\'.

Ah, yes.

I keep forgetting when I need to use msys tools, and when I need to use
mingw. I'll get used to it about the time I'm done building monotone :).

> mingw*/python* should check for env. variable MSYSTEM being set
> (indicating it is running under the MSYS2 bash shell), and if it is
> set then '/' is used as os.sep, otherwise '\' is used (in-case you run
> it from cmd.exe with scripts that assume os.sep on Windows to be '\').

export MSYSTEM=MSYS

fixes my problem, using mingw/python

Thanks.

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