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CP/M didn't have directories until 3.0, which was released in 1983. DOS didn't have them until 2.0. The backslash was chosen because the forward slash was used
by ok123456 3y ago
CP/M didn't have directories until 3.0, which was released in 1983. DOS didn't have them until 2.0.
The backslash was chosen because the forward slash was used for arguments. This convention was taken from other timesharing operating systems of the day.
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- lproven 3y agoThis is not true. [1] CP/M 3 (normally called "CP/M Plus") does not have or support subdirectories, only user areas, just the same as earlier versions... (Such as B4:MYFILE.TXT or A0:WORDSTAR.COM.) Source: me -- I own 2 CP/M 3 computers. Feel free to check the manual: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/cpm_plus/CPM-Plus_Users_Guide_Prelim_Nov82.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/cpm_plus/CPM-Pl... [2] CP/M does not have standard command line switches or arguments, so there is no standard delimiter.