Using Forward or Backward Slashes Under Windows
You can use forward slashes (/
) instead of backward
slashes (\
) on Windows (as
is the case with Linux® and UNIX).
If you want to use the VTAPE command with Windows, you probably use backward-slashes
to separate the directories. For example:
C:\vtape\tapeiamge.awsHowever, the use of backward-slashes might cause code page errors
during the translation from EBCDIC to ASCII. Therefore, when using
the VTAPE command with Windows you
are strongly recommended to use forward-slashes. For example:
C:/vtape/tapeiamge.awsIf you use backward-slashes, the file name on Windows might be treated as a relative-path instead of an absolute-path. As a result, the tape image is created in the Virtual Tape Server's installation directory! This occurs because Windows does not recognize the path as an absolute-path if backward-slashes are translated into some incorrect characters.
Forward-slashes do not usually cause code page translation errors. In addition, the Java™ runtime environment automatically converts forward-slashes into backward-slashes on Windows.
The Virtual Tape Server can accept both forward and backward slashes on Windows.