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Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Oh -- and one more tip: In windows (cmd.exe/command.com, etc) the
> following is a perfectly valid pathspec:
> A:/fred/george
> I've gotten into the habit of always using forward slashes -- in both
> command.com and in bash, so I don't have to worry about the 'oh yeah in
> bash you need to double up the backslashes' problem.
Oops -- misinformation alert. A:/fred/george works in windows GUI file
dialogs; it DOESN'T work in cmd.exe. (I use 'raw' cmd.exe so rarely
anymore, I somehow conflated "windows GUI file dialogs" with cmd.exe.
sorry)
--Chuck
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