On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 at 15:11:11, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>> No, forward slashes are never used on DOS/Windows. ".\" is current >> directory, but it should be redundant as everything defaults to the >> current directory anyway. >Ah, sorry, it must be web page editors etc which use ./ >I can never remember which is which. Unix and Linux. Websites are mainly run under Unix/Linux, hence the forward slash (/) in URLs. The \ from windows is a real hassle, as backslash is a standard programming escape character (in perl and others). Windows paths used in say perl have to be: c:\\path\\filename c:\path\filename would get parsed as "c:pathfilename" A real pain. ... but that is how I can remember it (8-)# Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm