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From: res@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: / as a dir delimiter
Summary: Look into MKS Toolkit --
	 best UNIX-like facilities under MSDOS I have encountered
Message-ID: <14409@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 90 22:49:14 GMT
References: <16559@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <249@gritty.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <249@gritty.UUCP>, zraisin@gritty.UUCP (Emile Deen) writes:
> In article <16559@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, larsen@mist.cs.orst.edu (Scott Larsen) writes:
> > Does anyone know if you can change the default directory delimiter from
> > a back slash to a forward slash?  I am a unix user and find MS-DOS's
> > use of a backslash rather annoying, as well as disasterous in c programs.
> 
> 	Same here, someone post the answer if it exists......

As a UNIX user for some time who is also trying to use MeSsiDOS, I can
relate to this problem.  I have found that the MKS Toolkit is worth
every penny of its cost in freeing me of the silly COMMAND.COM
limitations and giving me virtually the same command set as I use
daily on my UNIX machines.  For example, the diff command is provided
and generates the same output you get from the command of the same
name in UNIX.  In addition, there is a "switch" command
included in the Toolkit which makes the change you want -- replaces
the backslash with the slash and the slash with the dash.
Unfortunately, there are a few MSDOS commands which have the
bass-ackwards slash hardcoded for directory names, but these are
happily few in number and easily learned from experience.

					Rich Strebendt
					...!att!ihlpb!res
					r.strebendt@att.com