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Article #7332Re: DOS 5.0 question
From: baughmankr
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 20:55
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 20:55
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In article <51180@ut-emx.uucp>, nather@ut-emx.uucp (Ed Nather) writes: > 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'm not sure if DOS 5.0 has fixed that problem or not, but 4DOS will let you use either the "/" or the "\". That is, of course, one of many improvements that 4DOS makes over the regular command.com. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!gatech!mcnc!ecsgate!stat.appstate.edu!baughmankr From: baughmankr@stat.appstate.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 question Message-ID: <1991Jun25.165534.893@stat.appstate.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 20:55:34 GMT References: <51180@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: Appalachian State University Lines: 10