[fptex] Path separator "\\" doesn't work

[LUK ShunTim]

Hello,

I just found this out.

<quote>
F:\>latex F:\\MyTeX\\example.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2c 7.3.3.1)
! I can't find file `F:'.
<to be read again>
                   \protect
<*> F:\\
        MyTeX\\example.tex
Please type another input file name: ^Z

! Emergency stop.
<to be read again>
                   \protect
<*> F:\\
        MyTeX\\example.tex
No pages of output.
Transcript written on texput.log.
</quote>

However, the documentation "3.3 Path separators" says "\\" should work.
"/" as path separators *does* work though.
Is this a bug?

My OS is WinNT 4 with SP6a.

Regards
ST
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