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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: switchar solution for 3.X
Message-ID: <692@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Jun-85 19:08:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: vortex.692
Posted: Sat Jun 15 19:08:07 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Jun-85 05:28:28 EDT
Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles
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I posted this a long time ago... but here it is again.  In 2.X, you
can put the switchar in your config.  In both 2.X and 3.X, you
can do the following:

To determine current switchar: DOS call 0x37 with AL=0.
   Switchar is returned in DL.
To set switchar: DOS call 0x37 with AL=1 and desired switchar in DL.
Only setting the swithcar to '-' or '/' is terribly meaningful.

Under 2.X, full pathnames as shown by DIR, etc. will have all
\'s changed to /'s when you change the switchar.  With 3.X,
the DIR command will show some as \ and some as /, but it's only
a cosmetic problem.  Under both 2.X and 3.X, the file operation system
calls all accept either \ or / as the path separator, regardless of
switchar.

--Lauren--