bug in GAS

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> writes:

> I tried to subscribe to the bugs list but bug-binutils-request@gnu.org
> didnt respond.
> 
> Anyway, the bug is that the .file directive wont accept a \ character
> in the name for i386 PE COFF targets (even though it is a valid
> filename character for those targets).

Always include a test case.  A test case will say precisely in one
line what a human will say ambiguously in ten.

As far as I can see, .file works.  You may have to quote a backslash
character using a backslash character.

Ian