Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-carolina.cts.com!delton From: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com (System Administrator) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: use of : instead of / Message-ID: <8908092340.AA26029@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 9 Aug 89 10:32:21 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 Network Comment: to #4561 by obsolete!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn%purdue.edu Harumph? GS/OS takes as the terminator the first terminator used in a pathname so if you start out using : then : is the terminator. If you start the path with / then / is the terminator and : could be in the file/directory names. UUCP: [ sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pro-carolina!delton ARPA: crash!pro-carolina!delton@nosc.mil INET: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com Pro-Carolina: 803-776-3936 (300-2400 baud, login as 'register') US Mail: 3207 Berkeley Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29209-4111