Local paths in ihm_external_files.file_path

[benmwebb]

Does ihm_external_files.file_path require paths to be separated with / or \ or is either acceptable? Windows builds of our software will naturally output paths separated with \ while the provided examples all use /. The docs say "This data item assumes a POSIX-like directory structure" but I'm not sure if that means "you must use / to separate paths".

For local files, the path is required to be a relative path. But relative to what?

[tomgoddard]

I assumed in ChimeraX that any relative path in ihm_external_files.file_path was relative to directory containing the ihm file.

[brindakv]

For local supplementary files, the path is relative to master ihm file. I understand restricting to POSIX-like file paths creates problem with Windows builds. We can may be remove that restriction for now.

[benmwebb]

I understand restricting to POSIX-like file paths creates problem with Windows builds

It doesn't cause a problem - I just need to know whether to emit paths using / or \. By "POSIX-like file paths" do you mean /?

[brindakv]

Yes

[tomgoddard]

Better I think to always use /. ChimeraX does not know what OS the file was written on so won't know whether to expect / or \.

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