Re: encapsulating directory operations

On 26.05.2025 00:40, Paul Edwards wrote:

But not what I want. For reasons which are difficult for me
to elaborate - "aesthetic", or "self-contained" may or may
not be apt words - I want to include the ESCAPE in the
C code, just like the "hello, world\n" bit.

 
Doesn't '\e' work for you?
 
    char * str = "\e";
    puts (str);
 
    printf ("\e\n");
 
    putchar ('\e');
    putchar ('\n');
 
Works for me. - Is that non-standard?