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From: delton@pro-carolina.UUCP (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: use of : instead of /
Message-ID: <8908052325.AA11880@obsolete.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 89 23:21:35 GMT
Organization: The Internet
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Network Comment: to #4396 by obsolete!TMPLee%DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL

GS/OS understands using "/" and ":" and can actually use other characters as
well.  FSTs determine which ones are legal for a given file system but the ":"
stuff is there mostly to be like the Mac.  Note that the separators aren't
really part of the file name but only separate directory names on the way to
the file name so using ":" won't keep you from being able to get to a file
from a P8 or old P16 application.

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