note
	description: "The objects available from the operating system."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT

feature -- Access

	Directory_separator: CHARACTER
			-- Character used to separate subdirectories in a path name on this platform.
			--| To build portable path names, use PATH_NAME and its descendants.
		once
			Result := {SYSTEM_PATH}.directory_separator_char
		ensure
			class
		end

	Current_directory_name_representation: STRING = "."
			-- Representation of the current directory.

	home_directory_supported: BOOLEAN = True
			-- Is the notion of home directory supported on this platform?

	root_directory_supported: BOOLEAN = True
			-- Is the notion of root directory supported on this platform?

	case_sensitive_path_names: BOOLEAN = False;
			-- Are path names case sensitive?

	--| FIXME IEK There seems to be a parsing bug that doesn't allow the file to be saved without
	--| the semi-colon on case_sensitive_path_names.

note
	library:	"EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2023, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			Eiffel Software
			5949 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			Website http://www.eiffel.com
			Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"

end