Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site microsoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!microsoft!gordonl From: gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: SWITCHAR Warning Message-ID: <8640@microsoft.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 12:03:53 EDT Article-I.D.: microsof.8640 Posted: Fri Jul 22 12:03:53 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 21:48:42 EDT Organization: Microsoft Corporation Lines: 17 Recent articles have described the SWITCHAR facility in MSDOS 2.0. This changes the path character from "\" to "/" and the switch character from "/" to "-". Please be warned that this feature is NOT DOCUMENTED and, in fact, (often) DOES NOT WORK. Yes, the OS and command.com will correctly use the new characters, but other utilitys may become confused. For example, I used SWITCHAR on my own PC, then did a full dump a few days later. After reformatting my hard disk I discovered that a dump taken with SWITCHAR in effect cannot be read. period. In short, if its undocumented, use at your own risk, and be aware that you may encounter totally unexpected problems. gordon letwin microsot (thats microSOFT; "microsot" is a young drinker...)