Funny filenames: in the nick of time!
Alan Fargusson
alan at drivax.UUCP
Tue Jun 25 09:54:16 AEST 1985
> My only remaining question: why in the world does UNIX allow
> file names to be created that cannot be referred to? Some of unlink's
> fancy protection should be copied over to whatever creates directory
> entries.
> --
> Jeff Percival ...!uwvax!uwmacc!jwp
System V release 2 version 2 (or something like that) will not let you
create files that have the most significant bit set in any character
within the name.
--
Alan Fargusson.
{ ihnp4, amdahl, mot }!drivax!alan
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