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From: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com (Don Elton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: use of : instead of /
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Date: 11 Aug 89 16:16:29 GMT
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Network Comment: to #4635 by obsolete!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!indri!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn%csd4.milw.wisc.edu

They were going to require nulls as separators but the use of multiple chars
as separators was a compromise.  Which way would you like to see it done to
support using "/" and/or ":" in a file or directory's name?

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