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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Reversing the backslash ( \ to / )
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.042147.28380@uwasa.fi>
Date: 19 Apr 91 04:21:47 GMT
References: <D95JZ1w164w@undrground.UUCP> <1991Apr3.151951.371@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <71799@microsoft.UUCP>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <71799@microsoft.UUCP> steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings) writes:
>In article <D95JZ1w164w@undrground.UUCP>, undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes:
>> is there a DOS patch, or a TSR, or any type of program or fix which
>> will allow me to seperate filenames with the (/) slash on my MS-DOS PC?
>
>You can use programs that reset the MS-DOS internal switch character, but
>that can lead to incompatibility problems with some programs.  Years ago, I
>used a public domain program called SWITCHAR.COM to set the internal switch
>character to '/', and certain programs that used overlays stopped working.
:

   Yes, that's right.  Having written one of the many PD switchar
programs (mine is in /pc/ts/tsutld18.arc at garbo.uwasa.fi) that are
in public circulation, I have noticed that some programs do cause
problems after the switch has been made.  
   The difference of / and \ is fortunately rarely a problem.  On
some keyboards (like the Finnish one I'm using) both are awkward,
since both are two keypresses away.  Therefore, if have at my path a
special batch for changing directories using
   c directory subdirectory
rather than
   cd \directory\subdirectory

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Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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