Re: Reversing the backslash ( \ to / )

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From: Jerry Gitomer
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 05:29

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undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes:



|      All day at work I find myself typing things in at work using the
|      "real" backslash ( /etc/passwd, /usr/spool, etc.)... Then I come
|      home and have to type in filenames seperated by the out-of-the-way
|      psuedo-slash (\)...


|        My question is... Short of staying at work for the rest of my life,
|        is there a DOS patch, or a TSR, or any type of program or fix which
|        will allow me to seperate filenames with the (/) slash on my MS-DOS
|        PC?

|        Help!

|Sean

	Add the following to your prompt:

	$e[047;092p$e[045;047p$e[092;045p

	This will convert / to \
			  - to /
			  \ to -

	Note that these changes take effect at the command level and that
	many (most?) MS-DOS programs will ignore your assignments.

				Jerry

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From: jerry@TALOS.UUCP (Jerry Gitomer)
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Subject: Re: Reversing the backslash ( \ to / )
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