does switchchar exist?

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From: rel5813
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 16:00

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In "UNIX, System 4, Release 5, An Introduction" by Rosen, Rosinski, and
Farber, it refers to "an undocummented option that allows you to switch
th DOS directory delimiter and option character back to the UNIX System
versions.  If you place the following command in your DOS autoexec.bat
file, DOS will treat / and - the same way the UNIX System does:
C> switchchar -
"
I tried this in MSDOS 5.0 and it doesn't work.  Has anyone ever heard
of this "undocumented feature, or know anything about this"

p.s. mis-spellings and typo's are mine.

The publisher is Osborne McGraw-Hill

Thanks for any enlightenment


Richard Lafleur

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