Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 08:17:30 -0500 (EST) From: Jude Dashiell <dashiell AT clark DOT net> To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: gdate program oddity In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980222135015.19567Z-100000@is> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980222081612.17910A-100000@shell.clark.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk Eli, Thanks much for the work around, it seems the % situation is similar to how the \ character has to be handled in unix when one is to appear inside a string. Jude <dashiell AT clark DOT net>