Re: Include and sub-includes (correction)

From: Virgil Green (vjg_at_obsydian.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 03:15:58 GMT

"Virgil Green" <vjg@obsydian.com> wrote in message
news:IIjdc.13992$NY.3538@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com...
> "Yannick Turgeon" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:58jdc.38585$wq4.1878551@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >
>
> Oh, and what does the actual line of code look like? Does it have a
forward
> a backward slash? Even on a Windows server, you should use the forward
slash
> in code for a separator. It translates that for you to a backslash when
> accessing the file system. the examples you provided earlier all had
> backslashes and that would be interpreted, especially in a double quoted
> string, as an escape character.

Correction on my part. The backslash will only be interpreted as an escape
instruction if an "escapable" character follows it.

 - Virgil

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