Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:17:07 -0300 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19960823142847.37c70c7c@dmeasc.rc.ipt.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Eli Zaretskii , djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak Subject: Re: fopen problem. At 09:28 23/08/96 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Jason von Nieda wrote: > >> If it bothers you so very much, get a DOS programming reference >> or Ralf Browns Int list and use the undoc'ed DOS int to change it >> to a forward slash. > >I think that undocumented interrupt doesn't work anymore, beginning with >DOS 5.0. However, DOS itself doesn't care at all to get forward slashes; It only works for retrieving the 'switch character', but re-assigning to another doesn't work anymore... >it's only programs which come with DOS (like COMMAND.COM) that don't treat >forward slashes as directory separators. So if you only use Unix-style >pathnames in your programs, you don't have to bother about this issue. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cesar Scarpini Rabak E-mail: csrabak AT ipt DOT br DME/ASC Phone: 55-11-268-35221Ext.350 IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas Fax: 55-11-268-5996 Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532. Sao Paulo - SP 05508-901 BRAZIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~