Re: Copy function syntax on 8.1

Mike G. wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> Perhaps this should be added to the TODO list? New section specifically
> for issues related to this?

I think our current documentation/release notes are clear on this point.

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>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:54:56PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Mike G." <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com> writes:
> > > On the non windows platforms you can issue the copy statement and the file path syntax is exactly the same as if you were changing directories in a shell. No special escaping or syntax is needed.
> > > It would be nice if the same could be done for those forced to use windows.
> >
> > Well, that's one reason why we are migrating towards backslashes not
> > being special in strings. It's going to take awhile to get there,
> > though, because we can't just change it without a lot of advance notice.
> > There are too many programs that would break.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
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