Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: use of : instead of / Message-ID: <10699@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 10 Aug 89 15:24:45 GMT References: <8908092340.AA26029@trout.nosc.mil> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 8 In article <8908092340.AA26029@trout.nosc.mil> delton@pro-carolina.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: -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. So "a:b/c" parses as "a" "b/c" while "a/b:c" parses as "a" "b:c"? Is that supposed to be rational?