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From: "Glen L. Bowes" <bowes AT cgocable DOT net>
Organization: BCS
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:41:14 -0400
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Subject: Re: Displaying backslash
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On 21 Jun 98, at 16:44, Matthew Winchcombe wrote:

> I'm using RHIDE & ALLEGRO 3 to make a program that requires directories to
> entered.  I need to be able to disply '\' character.  Does any one know a
> way of doing this.

To display any reserved character you can append it with a backslash :) so in 
your case \\ would do the trick.