Subj : FGET_TIME
To : Winston Smith
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 17 2002 12:04 pm
Re: FGET_TIME
By: Winston Smith to Ace on Sat Feb 16 2002 08:15 pm
> RE: FGET_TIME
> BY: Ace to DIGITAL MAN on Sat Feb 16 2002 12:49 pm
>
> > Holy crap! What genius decided to use /'s instead of normal \'s ?? No
> > wonder I've had such a hard time...! Why is this and how long has it
> > been a secret? (prg works great now btw, thanks! :)
>
> That is the UNIX C compiler again. UNIX uses a forward slash, and since C i
> used to build UNIX, many 'C' compilers use a forward slash.
No, this has nothing to do with 'C' compilers or the 'C' programming language.
> If you are usin
> an editor written in 'C' like EMacs, you have to use forward slashes in the
> file descriptors. It gets somewhat confusing forward slashing the filenames
> and backslashing the shell command moves, but you get used to it!
DOS-based OSes support forward slashes in the pathnames access from programs,
but not from the command shell (where they require backslashes).
-Rob
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