Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/16/16:25:33
On Sun, 16 Feb 97 16:14:35 +0000 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk writes:
>Unfortunately, we can't use \ as DOS already uses that. We need
>another
>character that isn't used much... $, perhaps? Internal device names
>tend to
>have $ in the name, to prevent them being used by accident, so it
>might make a
>certain amount of sense. However, temporary files tend to use $:
>
> echo foo > %temp%\$tempzip.$$$
>
>becomes
>
> echo foo > %temp%\$$tempzip.$$$$$$
>
>Hmmm...
I can think of several characters right of the top of my head to use -
just try looking along the numbers at the top of your keyboard :)
ie !,@,#,%,^,&,*
I think the others are a bit more common, though. Personally, I like *
best.
...Chambers
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