... use slashes, not backslashes. WIN understand both ...

... except on the command line or with respect to anything handled by the command line interpreter

The only real problem is the command interpreter. But if you use the command interpreter, your code is already far from being portable.

How external programs handle command line arguments depends on the individual program. Most programs with a DOS legacy treat the forward slash as switch introducing character, as do many programs written for Windows. But programs from other platforms have no problems with forward slashes in file names on the command line.

Alexander

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In reply to Re^3: moving from mac to PC by afoken
in thread moving from mac to PC by flieckster

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