_OS$ Very interesting, but...

[Pete]

I think I get it now. So this keyword is for non-compiled code, meaning if I post code here that could be compiled by by a Linux user (All compatible keywords) when that person compiled it, their _OS$ would show they compiled it on a Linux system and as it runs, if we encounter a situation when it needs to read a directory, it will branch to the Linux format with forward slashes, rather than the Windows one, which is the only OS that uses back slashes.

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IF INSTR(_OS$, "[WINDOWS]") THEN slash$ = "\" else slash$="/"

If I missed something, let me know. If not, thanks for the explanation.

Pete

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