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echo: muffin
to: Roy J. Tellason
from: Bob Jones
date: 2003-10-19 17:29:02
subject: Maximus message editing

BJ> The \ vs / issue is a major headache.  We have some fixes to 
 BJ> handle the appropriate (for the OS) character, but I'm sure there 
 BJ> are some that aren't working yet, which is why I've had to use 
 BJ> full path specifications in some / most locations of my control 
 BJ> files.

 RJT> You do know that dos can accept either character,  
 RJT> right?  It's only command.com that has a problem in 
 RJT> this regard...

I do recall that a long time ago (MS-DOS 1.0, 2.0 and/or 3.0), yes, you
could use either character.  I haven't tested it under OS/2 or various
Win32 systems.  Unfortunately, the \ character is hard coded in some spots
of Maximus (and Squish), and that causes problems under Unix and Linux. 
Wes has a routine in place to handle case and \ vs / issues, but doesn't
fix everything.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41



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