Re: How to make a directory name with '/' in it?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sun, 16 May 2010, Peng Yu wrote:

> I tried the following command to create a dir with '/' in the name.
> But it only create a directory with name 'm'. Is there a way to make a
> directory with '/' in the name?
> 
> mkdir m\/\/

   There are two characters that cannot be in a file or directory
   name: / and NUL.

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