On Oct 23, 6:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lalli) wrote: > On Oct 23, 12:27 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ayesha) wrote: > > > I was not in the right directory, but I learnt about forward and > > backward slashed also. Thanks to all who replied > > Arg. This is exactly what I was afraid of. The post about forward vs > backwards slashes was wrong. Do not follow it. You should ALWAYS use > front slashes, regardless of Windows vs Unix. The only thing in > Windows that requires backslashes is the cmd.exe or command.com
That's not entirely correct. As log as you use proper quoting, you can use forward slashes in the cmd shell. Try this: C:\>cd "c:/Program Files" C:\Program Files> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
