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Stop Shell intepret DOS filenames
Name: BPeacocke Date: November 1, 2004 at 03:11:10 Pacific OS: UNIX CPU/Ram: NA
Comment:
If I pass a DOS filename to a ksh script in Solaris it interprets the "\t" from C:\testfile (for example) as a TAB. Anyone know a way to prevent the shell from doing this - or at least getting the correct filename within a script?
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