> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Eoin Ross
> Sent: 02 June 2008 17:15
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: RE: [EE] Slashes and backslashes in URLs
> 
> The reason that it didn't work is that it was looking in "C:/Windows/"
for
> a folder named "Dell"
> 
> Given that - you're in    C:\Windows\
>                     and          C:\Dell\              exists
> 
> You'd need to type:
> 
> CD ../Dell
> or
> CD \Dell
> 
> If in :                         C:\windows\temp\
> you'd need to type    cd ../../dell
> or                              cd \dell
> 
> ".."   refers to the parent directory of the one you are in.
> "\"   by itself with CD refers to the root of the current drive.
> 
> Win98 COMMAND.COM works the same way - except it won't handle the
forward
> slash. ("/")  and you'll have to use backslash "\"
> I believe this is the same as DOS 6.22.


Yes, I am very familiar with DOS path structures, but...

The argument was that forward slashes get converted to back slashes, so
they are equivalent.  This is clearly not the case for the leading
forward slash.

i.e.

    cd "\dell" != cd "/dell"


In fact AFAICT:

    cd "/dell" == cd "dell"

i.e. a leading forward slash is simply ignored.

Regards

Mike

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