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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Strange thing with /
> This is, I presume, for historical compatibility. Certain versions of
> Unix, and early network file systems, used paths of the form
//hostname/path
> to access `path' on server `hostname'. "
It also has the beneficial side effect of not causing shell scripts to fail
if an extra backslash gets put in by accident.
DIR="/usr/bin/"
CMD="echo"
${DIR}/${CMD} "Hello World"
-Doug
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