Demonstrate filepath.[Dir|Base|ToSlash] behaves differently depending on platform and path format

demo_path_stuff.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"runtime"
)

const (
	Separator = os.PathSeparator
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("OS is %s\n", runtime.GOOS)
	fmt.Printf("Path separator is: %s\n\n", string(Separator))

	forward_path := `C:/Windows/Temp/forward.txt`
	fmt.Printf("Forward path is %s\n", forward_path)
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Dir(`%s`) gives: %s\n", forward_path, filepath.Dir(forward_path))
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Base(`%s`) gives: %s\n\n", forward_path, filepath.Base(forward_path))

	forward_path_space := `C:/Windows/Temp/forward\ with\ space.txt`
	fmt.Printf("Forward path with spaces is %s\n", forward_path_space)
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Dir(`%s`) gives: %s\n", forward_path_space, filepath.Dir(forward_path_space))
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Base(`%s`) gives: %s\n\n", forward_path_space, filepath.Base(forward_path_space))

	backward_path := `C:\Windows\Temp\backward.txt`
	fmt.Printf("Backward path is %s\n", backward_path)
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Dir(`%s`) gives: %s\n", backward_path, filepath.Dir(backward_path))
	fmt.Printf("filepath.Base(`%s`) gives: %s\n\n", backward_path, filepath.Base(backward_path))

	converted_path := filepath.ToSlash(backward_path)
	fmt.Printf("Converting the backward path with filepath.ToSlash(`%s`) gives: %s\n", backward_path, filepath.ToSlash(backward_path))
	fmt.Printf("For the converted backward path filepath.Dir(`%s`) gives %s\n", converted_path, filepath.Dir(converted_path))
	fmt.Printf("For the converted backward path filepath.Base(`%s`) gives %s\n\n", converted_path, filepath.Base(converted_path))
}