> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: 05 October 2005 16:08
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: PostgreSQL-patches; Dave Page
> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Fix for file names with spaces
>
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Sorry, this is the same patch with the proper subject line.
>
> Why does this patch convert '\' to '\\' and not to '/' ?
> AFAICS that does nothing except to make the code more fragile.
Because support on Windows for / is somewhat inconsistent outside of the
Msys shell.
Eg.
C:\Documents and Settings\dpage>cd /
C:\Documents and Settings\dpage>cd \
C:\>
Regards, Dave.