kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) (03/28/90)
In article cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes: >In article <246@edpmgt.UUCP> gpitcher@edpmgt.UUCP (Glenn Pitcher) writes: >$Couldn't the shell be altered to intercept those directory requests and >$remap the characters before the actual open (or whatever) command is issued? > > If you alter the shell, this would only affect commands issued from the >shell. Pathnames entered within applications would still require the use >of the \ regardless of what you set. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Unless the application has *stupid* filename validation, '/' and '\' are equivalent to DOS. RTFM. It's only COMMAND.COM that insists on checking for `\` as a path separator. kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propeller Labs Kaleb Keithley spelling and grammar flames > /dev/null