> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Gerhard Fiedler
> Sent: 30 May 2008 17:38
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [EE] Slashes and backslashes in URLs
> 
> Robert Ammerman wrote:
> 
> > In XP Pro:
> 
> FWIW, that's probably "In cmd.exe in XP Pro".  While cmd.exe is the
> default
> shell, there are a few others (not that different from Linux :)
> 
> > dir "c:/temp" -- works
> > cd "c:/temp" -- does not work
> 
> In my cmd.exe (v5.1.2600), I get these results:
> 
> dir c:/temp - doesn't work
> dir "c:/temp" - works
> cd c:/temp - works
> cd "c:/temp" - works
> 
> I assume that's because dir has switches (separated with '/'), while
cd
> doesn't have any. When invoked without the quotes, "/temp" is seen as
an
> invalid switch ("Parameter format not correct").
> 
> Gerhard

Not the cd command only works if you start above your target directory
(root in this case). I get the following which appears to show that a
leading forward slash on a path is ignored, i.e. you can't start from
root using this method.

    C:\>cd "/dell"

    C:\dell>

This appears to work ok, but if I move into a different directory it
breaks:

    C:\>cd windows

    C:\WINDOWS>cd "/dell"
    The system cannot find the path specified.


Regards

Mike

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