From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: When in Rome...
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:40:25 -0700
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Edward F. Sowell wrote:

> I can use consistently, I was moved to the (somewhat unappealing) \\.
> But then
> the really serious problems began.

What's the inconsistency?  DJGPP and the Unix utilities can treat / as
\.  DOS commands don't know that, and will confuse / as switches, so you
have to use a \, but since it will be escaped, you'll need to use \\.

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