From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Problems with file names with Make
Date: 10 Mar 2003 20:10:15 GMT
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H Johnson <classy-kg4wou AT kg4wou DOT com> wrote:

> Apparently DOS does care because my clean function does not work...

It's the "del" command that cares, i.e. command.com.  COMMAND.COM is
part of a DOS installation, right. And it's only these external tools
that really need \ at all.  The real core of what DOS is, i.e. the
Int21h API, accepts / every bit as easily as \.

Anyway: use DJGPP's port of GNU rm (from fileutils) and you'll be
better off than with 'del', by a mile.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.