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- From: kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: HOW TO USE '/' INSTEAD OF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.091029.9781@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 09:10:29 -0600
- References: <3952454412.23@inode.com>
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- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- In article <3952454412.23@inode.com>, jig1@inode.com writes:
- > Sā I recall seeing some time ago a description of how to set up MS-DOS so
- > ā it uses '/' instead of '\' for the path separator. Now that I want to
- > ā do this, I can't find the information, though I've looked all through
- > ā the manual. Can someone spare a clue?
- >
- >
- > Yes there was a way, some environmental variable to be defined as /
- > instead of \, but unfortunately MS-DOS version 5.0 and up will have the
- > backslash (\) hardcoded so it will be no longer possible to switch.
-
- Huh? I don't remember any environment variable solution to this. All I ever
- saw were patches to command.com that "hard coded" the "/", rather than the "\".
-
- Caution, this solution may make Novell Netware think you have a virus!!!
-
- --jim
-