DOS 5.0 question

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From: Ed Nather
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 15:42

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Up to MS-DOS 3.3, the command.com shell would check to see if you had
changed the switch character to something other than "/" and, if you
had, would recognize "/" as a pathname separator.  The much-improved
MS-DOS 4.0 refused us this courtesy, which is why I am still using
MS-DOS 3.3.  

I assume MS-DOS 5.0 has not corrected this error, which Microsoft
probably considers an advanced feature, but I thought I'd better ask ...

Has it been fixed, or am I stuck with MS-DOS 3.3 forever?

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From: nather@ut-emx.uucp (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: DOS 5.0 question
Keywords: "/" vs "\"
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Date: 25 Jun 91 15:42:38 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas
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