Q133701: Forward Slash May Be Ignored As A Path Delimiter In 3.51

Article: Q133701
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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Functions like stat() may fail when a forward slash is used as a path delimiter.

CAUSE
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Windows NT 3.51 ignores the '/' as a path delimiter when the ExpandDosPath
function is called.

RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, install the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT
version 3.51. A fix was made to ExpandDosPath(PSTR pszPathGiven) in WKFILEIO.C
to pass over the path name string first and convert any "/" characters to "\".

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This
problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT
version 3.51. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt pathname

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