> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guay Jean-S�bastien
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: 'John W. Krahn'; 'Perl-Beginners'
> Subject: RE: Died on open command
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Err, just noticed I shouldn't have read so quick...
>
> Still, since cmd.exe goes to great lengths to prevent us from
> using the
> slash, forcing the backslash onto us, I thank ActiveState for
> not going the
> same way. :-)
>
> Thanks for rectifying things.
>
Well, cmd.exe just has a different meaning for /. cmd uses / to pass in
options, instead of -, and spaces between the command and options is, well,
optional.
So, the command:
cd winnt/system32
means cd to winnt and pass the option "system32" to the cd command, which
does nothing.
But, to override this behavior, use quotes around the directory name:
C:\>cd "winnt/system32"
C:\WINNT\system32>
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