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- From: harper@convex.com (David Harper)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: \ and /
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.204558.22762@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 20:45:58 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov10.204558.22762
- References: <BxGtBJ.6qM@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <9NOV199218433306@venus.tamu.edu> <1992Nov10.040903.25474@ida.liu.se>
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-
- In article <1992Nov10.040903.25474@ida.liu.se> c89ponga@odalix.ida.liu.se (kand. Pontus Gagge) writes:
- >ebb7683@venus.tamu.edu (BLACKMAN, EDWARD B) writes:
- >
- >>In article <BxGtBJ.6qM@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mkohlhaa@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (mike) writes...
-
- [ previous stuff deleted ]
-
- >>Check out 4DOS (current release: 4.01D). It's a command.com replacement, and
- >>will allow use of / in place of \, and has MANY other advantages over plain old
- >>command.com.
- >
- >>Ed
- >
- >...but unfortunately this will work only for the shell commands. There is
- >no way to make applications accept unix-slashes. On the other hand, the
- >slashes *are* used more frequently out in the shell.
-
- Anarkey (available on most PC archive sites) has a simple way around this
- problem; translate the command line before passing it on. Thus, when you
- type:
-
- /sys/bin/keenprog -s -q filename
-
- what gets passed in to command.com (or your favorite command processor) is:
-
- \sys\bin\keenprog /s /q filename
-
- Anarkey also has an easy way of supressing the translation for those
- programs that are hardcoded to expect unix style conventions. 4DOS is
- great and I use it myself, but I let Anarkey have a shot at the command
- line first since there are some things it does that I like better.
-
- >(Just felt like picking nits.)
-
- Me too 8-)
-
-
- Dave Harper - Convex Computer Corp. E-mail address:
- 3000 Waterview Pky. Richardson, TX 75080 harper@convex.com
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