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|    Kees van Eeten to Bj”rn Felten    |
|    Got a Problem    |
|    22 Feb 13 20:07:04    |
      Hello Bj”rn!              22 Feb 13 17:51, you wrote to me:                      KvE>> I think all options should now be written with a dash in stead of a        KvE>> slah. So it will be -p in stead of /p. I have no MS system at hand to        KvE>> check what error message is generated if the / is used.               BF> In MSDOS versions prior to 5.0 you could issue the command "switchchar        BF> -" to make the OS treat them both similar.               BF> I guess those of us remembering that are close to being extinct now...        BF> :)               It does ring a bell somewhere, but until recently both uses were implemented        in makenl_ng. It probably was quite a job, to distinguish between an option        and a filepath on *nix systems, where now the mainpart of the development        is done. You may be disappointed, but where there is no money involved, he        who does the work, decides.              Kees              --- FPD v2.9.040207 GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5        * Origin: Carefully open my messages, it's Flue season. (2:280/5003.4)    |
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