From: mad14 AT cc DOT keele DOT ac DOT uk (G.W. Owen)
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Subject: Re: Problems....
Date: 29 Apr 1997 17:01:15 GMT
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George Foot (mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
: rellwood (rellwood AT aludra DOT usc DOT edu) wrote:
: 
: [snip]
: : Also, you're
: : using forward slashes when you should be using backslashes!
: 
: In fact DJGPP-compiled programs (which includes the compiler tools
: themselves) don't mind whether you use forward or backward slashes, unless
: the author has changed some crt0 flags. Since the DJGPP environment
: variable is only read by these programs you can do it either way around,
: although I believe the prefered way is to use forward slashes.
: 
This could easily be a set up problem of my own, but my version of
bash.exe doesn't do filename completion as well with DOS style
\foo\bar\.. constructions as well as the unix /foo/bar/.. stuff.
-- 
Gareth Owen <G DOT W DOT Owen AT keele DOT ac DOT uk>
People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit.