Kernel Hacks & Weird Filenames

[Andy Valencia]

/ hpindda:comp.unix.wizards / paul at csnz.nz (Paul Gillingwater) /  9:36 am  May 10, 1988 /
>Does that mean that a naive user can make a file with a <SPACE>
>in the name?   e.g.   "John Doe" or "Job Cost" or other equally
>"intuitively correct" but WRONG names...:-)
    Yes, it does:

Script started on Wed May 11 08:34:56 1988
$ cat > "John Doe"
This is stuff on J.D.
$ cat "John Doe"
This is stuff on J.D.
$ rm "John Doe"
$ exit

script done on Wed May 11 08:35:26 1988

    You DO need the quotes, but saying it's WRONG is misleading;
I've used such file names in many applications to good effect.

				Andy Valencia
				vandys%hpindda.UUCP at hplabs.hp.com