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What is the difference between forward slashes and backslashes in paths?

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Possible Duplicate: Why does Windows use backslashes for paths and Unix forward slashes? What is the main difference between forward slash (/) and backslash (\) in reference to paths, both remote and local? If I recall correctly, backslash is used to denote something within the current computer or …

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Unix and its variants have always used the forward slash (/) to denote filesystem hierarchy. However, Windows owes its filesystem delimiter, the backslash (\), to its MS-DOS predecessor. And MS-DOS wasnt the originator of that. It was brought over f…

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