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Article #3639Re: How to use '/' instead of '\'?
From: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:12
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:12
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This is old, half-remembered information. There is (was) a undocumented config.sys option: SWITCHCHAR=- That set the utility flag character to be '-' instead of '/', which freed up '/' to be interpreted as a directory separator. Some programs, however, do not use the switchchar option, and demand '/' -- this option was never fully supported (it was an undocumented feature). I do not know if this option still exists. I do not think it is a good idea to use this option if it did because of the potential compatibility problems. I think that one of the most annoying things that microsoft ever did was use '\' as the directory separator character! I hope this helps. -Richard Hartman hartman@ulogic.COM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Nobody has ever had a sexual fantasy about being tied to a bed and ravished by somebody dressed as a liberal." -P.J. O'Rourke
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!ulogic!hartman From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: How to use '/' instead of '\'? Message-ID: <827@ulogic.UUCP> Date: 8 Jan 93 19:12:29 GMT References: <lkojp8INNnfr@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: negligable Lines: 24