Claude Lemmel wrote:
> 
> >  >How do I identify the path to the CD-ROM drive on a Windows machine?
> >  >This returns false:
> >  >  there is a directory "D:/"
> 
> Yes but
> there is a directory "D://" ... returns true
> 
> That's a bug inherited by MetaCard from an inconstancy of MS-DOS.
> 
> At the beginning of the story, DOS returns "d:\" (with a final "\") for a volume and
> "d:\myDir" (without a final "\") for directories.

Thank you. I knew it would be some kind of bizarre Windows thing. Your
explanation helps a lot.

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