From:	Jason Stewart <jason_stewart AT my-deja DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Escape codes in directory paths
Date:	Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:13:19 GMT
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Greetings,

    I am new to C++ programming with DOS. I am trying to open a file on
the network but I keep getting compiler errors (It thinks that my
directory paths are escape codes.)

EX:
std::ofstream siglog("f:\home\share\siglog.txt", ios::app);

I can change the path to forward slashes and it works, but when I need
to execute a system call using forward slashes The OS scolds me with an
Invalid switch error.

This might be more of a C++ question than a DJGPP question, but Ill ask
anyway...

Is there any way to override the escape codes so the compiler sees it as
a string or a directory path?

Thanks,
Jason


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