Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/18/07 07:52
Schraalhans Keukenmeester wrote:
> I'm not sure about / being valid on windoze. If not, use \\ instead
> (easape the \), or use single quotes.
'/' has been a valid file separator since DOS 2.x IIRC. Certain DOS and
Windows *programs* don't recognise it, but the OS kernel itself does.
(Annoyingly COMMAND.COM is/was one of those programs that didn't recognise
it!)
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