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- From: aea@cacs.usl.edu (Edwin Alexander)
- Subject: Re: HOW TO USE '/' INSTEAD OF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.181013.6966@usl.edu>
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- Organization: The Center for Advanced Computer Studies
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- References: <1993Jan12.091029.9781@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:10:13 GMT
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- kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- : 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
-
-
- When I asked this question last year, I was informed of an undocumented interrupt that
- changes the delimiter. I tried it, and it worked, but then every program that required
- a '/' for a switch suddenly wouldn't work correctly. I had to go back to what it
- originally was.
-
- --Edwin
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