To: jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
References: <199709211029 DOT DAA26757 AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov>
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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 19:43:19 +0400 (MSD)
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Subject: Re: \ to /
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X-Comment-To: Jim Stevenson Ph.D

Hi!

21-σΕΞ-97 03:29 jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov (Jim Stevenson Ph.D) wrote to opendos AT delorie DOT com, raster AT highfiber DOT com:

 > Are there any dos varients which allow the \ to be changed to /
 > as is usual for unix?

     MS-DOS allow you pass path with "/". But when command.com parse command
line, then (1) for internal commands any "/" start option, (2) for external
programs "/" counted only on program name: "abc/def hij/klm" forces start of
"abc"[.bat,.com,.exe] with "/def hij/klm" command line string.

     After this command line parsed only by program itself. For example, ARJ
allow you switch between "-" and "/" as option start, but PKZIP allow only
"-".