\ vs. / in command line file names

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From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:31

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In a recent posting, Xiaofei Wang observed that Ghostscript didn't
properly handle file names on the command line containing \, such as

		gs c:\foo\bar\xyz.ps

Someone else pointed out that

		gs c:/foo/bar/xyz.ps

does work properly.  This is true.  However, not handling the former
properly is indeed a bug in Ghostscript.  I know what causes it, and
I'll fix it in 2.4.1.

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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From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
Subject: \ vs. / in command line file names
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