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From: GBOPOLY1@NUSVM.BITNET (fclim)
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Subject: Re: '<backslash>' in pathnames
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Date: 3 Jul 89 10:23:15 GMT
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Hi,
     I just found out that "wd ~com" doesn't work no more on SR10.
It's now "wd ~/com".

*I* believe:
     Backslash was eliminated as a metachar 'cos Unix (Bourne, C and Korn
shells) uses the backslash in the same way /com/sh uses the <at> (@) sign.
     Now /com/sh users need a '/' between ~ and the next component because
C and Korn shell resolve ~foo to the home directory of foo.
     Furthermore SR10 is case-sensitive because Unix has been case-sensitive
all along.

     I am beginning to wonder if Apollo Inc is removing the Aegis shell
bit by bit.  Can someone from Apollo.com gives us more details on the long
term direction of HP/Apollo?

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