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Subject: How do MS-DOS programs learn the setting of SWITCHAR?
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 21:48:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 21:48:46 1984
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MS-DOS has an undocumented config.sys option, switchar.  It can
have two possible values, '-' or '/'.  When its value is '/'
MS-DOS command line options begin with '/'.  When its value is
'-' MS-DOS command line options begin with '-' and you may use
'/' as a directory name separator.  When switchar=-, MS-DOS
commands are quite similar to Unix commands.

Does anyone know how an application program can learn the
setting of the switchar option?

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