Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:24:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Peter Remmers <Peter DOT Remmers AT t-online DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Problem with djgpp.env
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Peter Remmers wrote:

> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1001010084045 DOT 6606K-100000 AT is...
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Peter Remmers wrote:
> >
> > > > set djgpp=c:\djggp\djgpp.env
> > >
> > > You need to use forward slashes for this one.
> >
> > This is not true: both forward and backslashes are supported.
> 
> Is it not needed *anymore* ?

For a long, long time...

> I remember some variable required forward slashes...

The last time this was true it regarded INFOPATH.  But that was, like, 7 
years ago, due to a bug in the ported Info reader.  This bug is long 
solved.

The variable DJDIR should have forward slashes, but that variable is 
computed by the code which reads and processes DJGPP.ENV, and users 
should *never* set it directly.