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Re: small init.m problem

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  • Subject: [mg84519] Re: small init.m problem
  • From: Jerry <JLK2941 at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 01:15:17 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <flc83b$81a$1@smc.vnet.net>

Thanks to you both for pointing out my problem. I thought it 
had failed with two slashes at both places. Now I'll try to 
figure out why two slashes are needed at all.

Jerry wrote:
> I'm using V6.01 under XP.
> 
> In order to get Mathematica to find files in by backup directory, I 
> put the following in an init.m file in Docs and 
> Settings\MyUserName\Application Data\Mathematica\Kernal :
> 
> SetDirectory["c:\\Backup\Mma"]
> 
> It seems to work nicely (it finds my files and outputs files 
> into this directory by default) but every time I run a 
> notebook I get the following in a Messages window:
> 
> Syntax::stresc: Unknown string escape \M.
> 
> It doesn't seem to hurt anything and I've been ignoring it 
> for months -- but just for info, can someone please tell me 
> what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
> 


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