Sujet : Re: The problem With Windows
De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 27. Mar 2024, 16:50:12
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <
ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 04:00 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 24 Mar 2024 20:27:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
I would like to hang the backslash guy but the blame is spread thin.
>
Back then, MS-DOS was still using the CP/M convention of “/” for marking
command options. This was in turn copied by Gary Kildall from the DEC
operating systems he was exposed to while developing CP/M.
>
E.g. on a DEC system, you might type
>
DIR
>
for a brief directory listing, or
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DIR/FULL
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to get all the gory details.
>
So imagine if you used “/” as a path separator, then trying to get info
on, e.g. a file named “MY/FILE” by
>
DIR MY/FILE
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would likely result in a syntax error from the DIR command not recognizing
the /FILE option.
And they still use that today, I think.
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