Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Bug in strip?
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 11:20  6/10/1997 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>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).
>
Good point. I've become so "unix-ified" that I no longer blink at such
things as forward slashes in paths, etc. 

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net