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Article #167Re: mkdir
From: Steven T Chiang
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 10:09
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 10:09
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In article <bazyar.721213865@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes: >stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) writes: > >> Yeah, that's a possible problem with using other file >>systems... :( Well, accept colons for those who must have /'s in >>their filenames, and convert /'s for those who are so used to /'s can >>still use them. > > Steve, this isn't necessary. GNO & GS/OS can deal just fine with both >colons and slashes as separators. You ought to see the logic in GNO's >pathname processing code to deal with it! Under GNO and I presume >GS/OS too, you can CD into directories on an HFS, etc. volume with the slash, >as long as none of the pathname components have slashes in them. I know GS/OS can handle them both for ProDOS... from James' statement about :'s being the only separator for HFS, I guess I was under the impression that to access a HFS it would require /hd1/path to be :hd1:path... but I could be wrong... I'm not that up to date about HFS and GS/OS... Steven Chiang Order - DreamGrafix: The ONLY 16/256/3200 stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu color paint program for the Apple IIGS. America On_Line: DWS Steve Genie: S.Chiang4 Apple IIGS Forever!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.gno Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!stc7 From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) Subject: Re: mkdir Message-ID: <1992Nov8.100954.6657@news.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) Organization: Columbia University References: <1dhsdfINNga1@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> <1992Nov8.065433.12680@news.columbia.edu> <bazyar.721213865@teal> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 10:09:54 GMT Lines: 24