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Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...




Charles Wilson wrote:


> Oh -- and one more tip:  In windows (cmd.exe/command.com, etc) the 
> following is a perfectly valid pathspec:
>   A:/fred/george
> I've gotten into the habit of always using forward slashes -- in both 
> command.com and in bash, so I don't have to worry about the 'oh yeah in 
> bash you need to double up the backslashes' problem.


Oops -- misinformation alert.  A:/fred/george works in windows GUI file 
dialogs; it DOESN'T work in cmd.exe.  (I use 'raw' cmd.exe so rarely 
anymore, I somehow conflated "windows GUI file dialogs" with cmd.exe. 
sorry)

--Chuck



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