From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
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Subject: Re: Problems....
Date: 29 Apr 1997 12:50:35 GMT
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rellwood (rellwood AT aludra DOT usc DOT edu) wrote:

[snip]
: Also, you're
: using forward slashes when you should be using backslashes!

In fact DJGPP-compiled programs (which includes the compiler tools
themselves) don't mind whether you use forward or backward slashes, unless
the author has changed some crt0 flags. Since the DJGPP environment
variable is only read by these programs you can do it either way around,
although I believe the prefered way is to use forward slashes.

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George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford