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From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: use of : instead of /
Message-ID: <3391@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 89 23:57:42 GMT
References: <8908052325.AA11880@obsolete.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8908052325.AA11880@obsolete.UUCP> delton@pro-carolina.UUCP (System Administrator) writes:
>Network Comment: to #4396 by obsolete!TMPLee%DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
>
>GS/OS understands using "/" and ":" and can actually use other characters as
>well.

	Nope, just '/' and ':' are understood to be path separators.

>  FSTs determine which ones are legal for a given file system but the ":"
>stuff is there mostly to be like the Mac.  

	The reasoning behind using a ':' as a separator is to support
	file systems which utilize the '/' as a legal character in a
	filename.

Cary Farrier
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