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Article #136Re: \ vs. / in command line file names
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:59
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:59
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> I for one am anxiously awaiting the use of "\" ine filenames by > ghostscript. I use Norton Desktop's "associate" feature to view > PostScript files with GhostScript simply by clicking on the filename. > Unfortunately, right now I have to reformat the file name with "awk" > and write a new DOS batch file to run GhostScript on the fly... The problem is that Ghostscript is pushing the file name through its scanner. Consequently, all \s must be doubled, e.g., gs c:\\foo\\bar\\file.ps I expect to have this fixed this week. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 8-9 AM M-F/msg "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: \ vs. / in command line file names Message-ID: <9204130859.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:59:23 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 16