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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: pathnames: MISSING THE POINT!
Message-ID: <5866@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 89 16:10:33 GMT
References: <51@softart.UUCP>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <51@softart.UUCP> riml@softart.UUCP (Research in Motion Limited)
writes:
>It appears that some posters have missed the point about allowing
>BOTH forward and back slashes in a file specification.
> 
>[MS-DOS] DOESN'T CARE.

Exactly.  I suggest the general programming philosphy:

     Don't second-guess the operating system.

If MS-DOS will accept a pathname, your program should not prevent its
use.
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