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23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /

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From: Zeljko Vrba <zvrba.external <at> zvrba.net>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#8132: 23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:47:22 +0100

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On 2011-02-28 4:47 PM, Lennart Borgman wrote:
>
> Does not most external commands recognize paths with / in them? Which
> external commands does not do that?
>
None of the most often used file-manipulation commands do. (See below 
for a transcript). Yes, I know that NTFS in itself allows both / and \ 
as path separators, but, AFAIK, all native (i.e., not ported from unix) 
command-line tools use / as switch.

C:\Users\zvrba>rmdir ../zvrba
Invalid switch - "zvrba".

C:\Users\zvrba>mkdir ../q
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

C:\Users\zvrba>del ../zvrba
Invalid switch - "zvrba".

C:\Users\zvrba>dir ../zvrba
Invalid switch - "zvrba".

C:\Users\zvrba>copy ../zvrba/.emacs.d/init.el .
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

C:\Users\zvrba>

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