Re^2: Kernel Hacks & Weird Filenames

Kim Chr. Madsen kimcm at ambush.UUCP
Fri May 13 19:18:51 AEST 1988


In article <24 at csnz.nz> paul at csnz.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes:

>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...:-)

Sure, why not if you want to:

	echo "Hello World" > "John Doe"

Will do the job nicely.

Why are you suggesting that such file-names are WRONG, they're not
normal, but they're absolutely correct.

Regards,

Kim Chr. Madsen, AmbraSoft A/S, Rojelskaer 15, DK-2840 Holte (Denmark)
UUCP: kimcm at ambush.dk, PHONE: +45 2424 111, FAX: +45 2423 090

Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 
					-- The Bible, Joel, II:28



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