Rust library to convert a file path from/to slash path

path-slash is a tiny library to convert a file path (e.g. foo/bar, foo\bar or C:\\foo\bar) from/to slash path (e.g. foo/bar, C://foo/bar).

In Unix-like OS, path separator is slash / by default. So any conversion is not necessary. But on Windows, file path separator \ needs to be replaced with slash / (and of course \ for escaping character should not be replaced).

This package was inspired by Go's path/filepath.FromSlash and path/filepath.ToSlash.

Usage

path_slash::PathExt and path_slash::PathBufExt traits are defined. By using them, std::path::Path and std::path::PathBuf gains some methods and associated functions

• PathExt
  • Path::to_slash(&self) -> Option<String>
  • Path::to_slash_lossy(&self) -> String
• PathBufExt
  • PathBuf::from_slash<S: AsRef<str>>(s: S) -> PathBuf
  • PathBuf::from_slash_lossy<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(s: S) -> PathBuf
  • PathBuf::to_slash(&self) -> Option<String>
  • PathBuf::to_slash_lossy(&self) -> String

fn example_path_ext() {
    // Trait for extending std::path::Path
    use path_slash::PathExt;

    // On Windows
    assert_eq!(
        Path::new(r"foo\bar\piyo.txt").to_slash(),
        Some("foo/bar/piyo.txt".to_string()),
    );
    assert_eq!(
        Path::new(r"C:\\foo\bar\piyo.txt").to_slash(),
        Some("C://foo/bar/piyo.txt".to_string()),
    );
}

fn example_pathbuf_ext() {
    // Trait for extending std::path::PathBuf
    use path_slash::PathBufExt;

    // On Windows
    let p = PathBuf::from_slash("foo/bar/piyo.txt");
    assert_eq!(p, PathBuf::from(r"foo\bar\piyo.txt"));
    assert_eq!(p.to_slash(), Some("foo/bar/piyo.txt".to_string()));
}

Please read documents for more details.

Installation

Add path-slash to dependencies:

[dependencies]
path-slash = "0.x"

License

the MIT License