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From: baughmankr@stat.appstate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 question
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.165534.893@stat.appstate.edu>
Date: 25 Jun 91 20:55:34 GMT
References: <51180@ut-emx.uucp>
Organization: Appalachian State University
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In article <51180@ut-emx.uucp>, nather@ut-emx.uucp (Ed Nather) writes:
> Up to MS-DOS 3.3, the command.com shell would check to see if you had
> changed the switch character to something other than "/" and, if you
> had, would recognize "/" as a pathname separator.  The much-improved
> MS-DOS 4.0 refused us this courtesy, which is why I am still using
> MS-DOS 3.3.  

I'm not sure if DOS 5.0 has fixed that problem or not, but 4DOS will let you
use either the "/" or the "\". That is, of course, one of many improvements
that 4DOS makes over the regular command.com. I would recommend it to anyone.