From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <cp1v45 AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Directory access - easy method?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:21:36 -0400
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Klaas wrote:

> In allegro, in any of the "load_file" function, I can't specify a
> directory, or else the file will not be found.  What are other
> alternatives?
>
> eg.
>
> load_midi("temp.mid"); //works fine
> load_midi("midi\temp.mid"); //returns NULL pointer

Use a forward-slash "/" or a DOUBLE backslash "\\" to deliminate directory
names.  "\t" is considered a tab, so you are trying to load a file called
"midi<TAB>temp.mid" and that file doesn't exist...

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     -Rolf Campbell (39)3-6318