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From: stupy AT thecds DOT com (Steve Tupy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: fopen problem.
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 03:15:46 GMT
Organization: CompuData Systems
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Dan DOT Pop AT cern DOT ch (Dan Pop) yammered :


>Did you try to do it in the most natural way and it didn't work?

>BTW, in DOS it's better to do it like this: c:/directory/filename.ext.
>It's more readable and less error-prone (is there any DOS programmer who
>_never_ forgot to duplicate the backslash? :-)

	Excellent point and for that reason I can't help wondering why it
isn't taught that way in schools etc... Not to mention the obvious
portability factor!

Take care!
Steve Tupy
CompuData Systems
Oshawa, Canada.
stupy AT thecds DOT com