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From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: use of : instead of /
Message-ID: <3426@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 89 16:41:42 GMT
References: <3391@internal.Apple.COM> 
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article  bh1e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Brendan Gallagher Hoar) writes:
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>You say that ':' was chosen as another way of separating paths because some
>OSs use / as part of legal filenames.  How do the GS/OS people expect to
>handle OSs that use BOTH in legal filenames?

	Unfortunately, we don't.  You will have to take care in naming
	your files, if no other alternative is provided.

Cary Farrier
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