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From: feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel)
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Subject: Re: Thompson Toolkit (was Re: Where can I get MKS toolkit?)
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.135749.18489@netcom.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 91 13:57:49 GMT
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valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty) writes:
>Could someone explain to me why it is more "Unix-ish" to have C:foo mean
>C:\foo instead of C:.\foo?  The later is obviously what the user
>intends; the former is just a bug.
>--
iThe latter is *not* obviously what this user intends; it is about 50%
either way. The result is that about 50% of the time I have to edit
the command and re-execute, at which time the Korn shell command line
editing feature is greatly appreciated.
-- 
David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631
EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com  or feustel@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu