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There are differences in MS OS, consider:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Projects>cd /temp
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Projects>cd \temp

C:\TEMP>

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There can be weird things with "\". I am just saying for the most part, use "/" instead of "\\". I think we agree on that!

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Re^4: Stupid If Question
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 19, 2009 at 03:59 UTC

    There are differences in MS OS, consider:

    uh no. We're using the same OS. It seems you didn't execute the same command as I did.

    You need to use quotes since a bare "/" denotes an switch. And while some shell commands and utilities accept "/", chdir aka cd isn't one of them.

    Going back to what I said, the OS (WinXP) itself accepts "/" throughout its API. This is how Perl communicates with the OS, so it's free to use "/".

    There can be weird things with "\". I am just saying for the most part, use "/" instead of "\\". I think we agree on that!

    I made a comment on the text I quoted specifically. The advice you give is sound, although I use "\" personally. "/" just looks to weird.

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