Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:00:42 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: djgpp.env patch for Bash
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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> This patch changes COMSPEC in Bash to forward slashes. This allows
> the expression:
> $COMSPEC
> to run the DOS shell.

Would Bash convert $COMSPEC back to backslashes when it runs programs?
If not, I'm afraid some (non-DJGPP) programs, including COMMAND.COM
itself, could fail because of this.