Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:18:19 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: My NT installation wants '\' in the dir command
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, JMK wrote:

> What I was trying to illustrate was that if you type a dir command in a
> dos window in Win2000 or NT,
> 
> > dir c:/dirA/dirB/filename.ext  will not work

Try dir "c:/dirA/dirB/filename.ext" instead (note the quotes: they are 
essential).