Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!e260-1f.berkeley.edu!c60b-1eq From: c60b-1eq@e260-1f.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Reversing the backslash ( \ to / ) Message-ID: <1991Apr17.213523.15373@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 17 Apr 91 21:35:23 GMT References: <12990005@hplsla.HP.COM> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 23 In article <12990005@hplsla.HP.COM> kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) writes: >/ @nkkgwy.HP.COM asks: >> is there a DOS patch, or a TSR, or any type of program or fix which >> will allow me to seperate filenames with the (/) flash on my MS-DOS >> PC? > If you want to stay with DOS and still change your '\' to '/' you can >try 4DOS which replaces COMMAND.COM. It has a much more powerful command >set than DOS and the flexibility to change the separator and parameter >chars. It's also shareware (so you can try it) and cheap (so you can >buy it!) A better idea: get the PICNIX package for the PC (available on many FTP sites). It has many UN*X equivalents such as ls, rm, cp, mv, du, df, more, cat, head, tail, etc. And these programs will accept slashes in filenames (in fact, they'll abort if you _don't_ use slashes). BTW, I'd recommend you switch to 4DOS anyway since it is an excellent replacement for COMMAND.COM. -- +==========================================================================+ | Noam Mendelson ..!agate!ucbvax!web!c60b-1eq | "I haven't lost my mind, | | c60b-1eq@web.Berkeley.EDU | it's backed up on tape | | University of California at Berkeley | somewhere." |