What is the best way to handle a command line argument that includes an escape sequence like \n?

[Joe]

Hey no fair changing last names in the middle of a thread :-)

Thanks to BOTH Steve's.


> In fairness it was Steven Bethard's solution that gave you the solution 
> you needed. As long as ytour problem is solved, that's fine, and it 
> appears that you've solved it in a reasonably cross-platform way.
>
> Steve Holden                           http://www.holdenweb.com/