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Specifying file paths (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was that bill gates just to make one of the first incompatibilities in a long long run?

[–] __nobodynowhere@startrek.website 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

DOS originally didn't even support directories but was using / for command line arguments. They didn't want to change the option character and break stuff so they went with \ as the directory separator.

DOS wasn't originally created by Microsoft. They bought the OS from computer shop in Seattle.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info, didn't know that (I did know they bought DOS)!

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 day ago

This is a great video about the launch of Windows 95, that covers the history of DOS at the beginning: https://youtu.be/0Ol8ZSE-PEk. Worth watching if you're interested in the history.