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- From: mystical@nmt.edu (Gurupartap Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: tell me i'm wrong (braindead design in os2)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.155147.22978@nmt.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:51:47 GMT
- References: <1egn4dINNklu@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov20.214215.21670@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Organization: New Mexico Tech
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- >>b) path separation is always shown with the back(assward) slash (\). is
- >>this hard wired or can it be switched (as in drdos, early msdos)? do
- >>system calls accept both / and \ as in dos or is one stuck with this
- >>braindead convention? if nothing else it makes programming in c that
- >>much more troublesome?
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- If you use the 4os2 shell, you can use either / or \.
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