Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:20:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Bug in strip?
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On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> strip d:/prog.exe
> 
> So it's not a bug, just a difference from usual DOS.
> --------------------

I disagree.  The usual policy of DJGPP ports is (and should be, IMHO)
that both Unix-style forward and DOS-style backslashes are treated in
the same way.  If the port of `strip' (or Binutils in general) doesn't
comply, it should be fixed.

The reason for the equal treating of both kinds of slashes is to allow
you to use DJGPP tools with other DOS programs which might not support
forward slashes (COMMAND.COM is one notorious example).