You could escape them. That usualy works for me. Example:
$dir= "\/\/ITC\/home\/techs"; Yes I know how sloppy that looks, but if it works and doesnt matter, why worry bout it? -- www.vadtec.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Susan Aurand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > If I want the following field to contain forwarded slashes - this is for a linux box, as follows. > > $dir="//ITC/home/techs"; > > How do I get the forward slashes in there? > I have tried: > $dir ="'//ITC'"; > $dir ='"//ITC"'; > $dir =`"//ITC"`; > Nothing works. Help. > Thank you - Susan > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
