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In article <EMV.91Jun26151023@bronte.aa.ox.com> emv@msen.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
> unt-library-list        vaxb.acs.unt.edu:[.library]
> 	can't "dir [.library]";
> 	must "cd [.library] ; dir"

vaxb.acs.unt.edu:[.library]/

Meaning: cd [.library], then dir.

> gorebill        nis.nsf.net:nsfnet:gorebill.1991-txt
> 	anonymous password must be guest;
> 	can't "get nsfnet:gorebill.1991-txt",
> 	must "cd nsfnet; get gorebill.1991-txt"

Similarly: nis.nsf.net:nsfnet/gorebill.1991-txt. *Yes*, that's a slash.
The slash is just a separator in the format meaning ``cd to this before
considering the rest of the name.''

> oaklisp 	f.gp.cs.cmu.edu:/usr/bap/oak/ftpable/
> 	can't "cd /usr; cd /bap";
> 	must "cd /usr/bap/oak/ftpable".

f.gp.cs.cmu.edu:"usr/bap/oak/ftpable"/

The "" turn off any special meaning of the slashes, so this parses as
cd usr/bap/oak/ftpable, then dir.

Here, let me settle the quoting issues: "" and '' are both quoting
characters, and both completely equivalent. Absolutely no interpretation
goes on after a " or ' except to find the terminating " or '. That
covers all cases: you quote " as '"', and ' as "'".

And, for a final proof that this works:

  athena-dist.mit.edu:pub/kerberos5/"dist/xxxxxx"/krb5.src.tar.Z

(Sorry, folks, xxxxxx is a United States national secret. Not allowed to
say it in public.)

Do you see any problems, Ed?

---Dan