mapdl.result.filename has mixture of \ and / (windows)

I was looking for an easy way to get an pymapdl result into dpf (see issue). A possible solution would be mapdl.result.filename, but it seems somewhat broken. I get something like:

d:/Al_cantilever/stat\AlCantilever.rst

As a general remark, maybe its possible to use pathlib instead of str-paths (-> discussion at #645)?

[jgd10]

I should have clarified. I meant we can’t fix it in this repo*, since the changes need to happen in the other one, but otherwise yes.

[akaszynski]

We can’t fix this at the location of those path-joins because they happen in ansys.mapdl.reader and not the pymapdl repo (although another ticket should be made there which I will do).

We can fix it there as needed. It’s an upstream package that we modify and it grows (or changes) in tandem with ansys-mapdl-core.

I can change pymapdl over from string paths to pathlib.Paths but there’s a lot to do. I have made a start in the linked PR and intend to do more in due course

That’s probably the best solution since it’s future focused rather than the patchwork of fixes we currently have. Recommend using pathlib.Path within ansys-mapdl-reader first, then fixing it here.