Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!apple!farrier From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: use of : instead of / Message-ID: <3478@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 23:09:25 GMT References: <8908092340.AA26029@trout.nosc.mil> <10699@smoke.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 15 In article <10699@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes: >So "a:b/c" parses as "a" "b/c" while "a/b:c" parses as "a" "b:c"? >Is that supposed to be rational? Yes, this allows you to use file systems which use the colon as a separator and the slash as a character. Cary Farrier -- +--------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Cary Farrier | farrier@goofy.apple.com | The contents of this article are | +--------------+-------------------------+ real. Only the facts have been | | Copyright 1989 Cary Farrier | changed to protect the innocent. | | All Rights Reserved | | +----------------------------------------+----------------------------------+