When did Windows start accepting forward slash as a path separator?

[JanC]

Stephen Horne <$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$@$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.co.uk> schreef:

> I do remember that the non-deletable file was in a deeply nested set
> of pointless folders created by saving that web site.

IIRC that is or was a bug on (some) Windows versions: the path+filename you 
have to pass to the Delete File API function could be too long for the 
reserved string buffer length (256 bytes), or something like that...

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JanC

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