backslash problems?

["John Cooper" <John.Cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I'm Using zsh 3.0.5-nt-beta-0.28 under NT 4.0.

Can someone explain the following behavior - it seems a little surprising to me.

$ echo "foo\bar\baz"
foaaz
$ echo "foo\\bar\\baz"
foaaz
$ echo 'foo\bar\baz'
foaaz
$ echo 'foo\\bar\\baz'
foo\bar\baz


Under bash, it seems more consistent:

$ bash
bash$ echo "foo\bar\baz"
foo\bar\baz
bash$ echo 'foo\bar\baz'
foo\bar\baz
bash$

Thanks,

    --- John