> It has nothing to do with what ActiveState did or didn't do. The > DOS/Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe) uses '\' as the > path separator however the operating system itself is able to use '/' as > the path separator.
Sorry, I just tried it on my machine here (NT4), and doing cd winnt/system32 from the C: directory gets me into the C:\winnt directory, whereas doing cd winnt\system32 gets me into the C:\winnt\system32 directory, as it should. I tried it before I sent the mail. Now perhaps the cmd.exe for Win2000 and up does what you describe. But since opening a file with slashes in its path works in perl even on my machine, where using slashes at the prompt doesn't work, I would say ActiveState had something to do with it. Perhaps they just ironed out some of the differences between the versions of cmd.exe... Anyways, it's irrelevant, it works, so let's just use it, regardless of who's to blame (err, thank). J-S _____________________________________________________ Jean-Sébastien Guay -- Conseiller technique - Administration -- (514) 522-9800 #4840 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
