From: Fred Hamster <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:15:40 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: more progress
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ade2a7298c6bd3354e2f5324a7a4ec0afaa72588;p=feisty_meow.git

more progress
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diff --git a/scripts/files/filename_helper.py b/scripts/files/filename_helper.py
index f7655c36..add19121 100644
--- a/scripts/files/filename_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/files/filename_helper.py
@@ -199,21 +199,19 @@ def remove_trailing_slashes(pathname: str) -> str:
 
 ############################################################################
 
-#hmmm: unconverted below here--monsters !!!
-
 # returns the proper directory separator for this platform.  this requires
 # an environment variable called "OS" for non-Unix operating systems.  the
 # valid values for that are shown below.
 def directory_separator() -> str:
-  if ( ($OS eq "Windows_NT") || ($OS eq "Windows_95") 
-      || ($OS eq "DOS") || ($OS eq "OS2") ) { return "\\"; }
-  else { return "/"; }
-}
+  if OS == "Windows_NT" or OS == "Windows_95" or OS == "DOS" or OS == "OS2":
+    return "\\"
+  return "/"
 
 ############################################################################
 
 # these mutate the directory slashes in a directory name.
 
+#hmmm: unconverted below here--monsters !!!
 # the one we use most frequently; it uses the unix slash.
 sub canonicalize {
   return &canonicalizer(@_, "/");