From: cdamond AT uclink2 DOT berkeley DOT edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: what about the "\"
Date: 14 Dec 1996 07:21:57 GMT
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>
>char* str;
>str = new char[5];
>strcpy( str, "C:\PT" );
>
>and printing this gives ( C:PT  ), the "\" is stripped. when compiling the
>programs there complains about and unknown escape char. How to do it?
>


This is really a newbie C question, not djgpp question, but the answer is:

strcpy(str, "C:\\PT");