Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:16:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> Subject: Re: space char shell script problem Message-ID: <48B037F6.7040607@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080823165748.539fe7b9.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20080823101941.GA42601@skytracker.ca> <20080823160957.22e6254f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080823141636.GA439@saltmine.radix.net> <20080823165748.539fe7b9.freebsd@edvax.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE473969E08D77ADA75D4853E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Polytropon wrote: > Well, it's completely possible to create a file name like: >=20 > This is my *favourite* photo from "Cats" \ by Bob & Jane / my wife ~ 20= 08 `musical'.JPG Um... actually you cannot create that as a filename on UFS. There are precisely two characters you cannot use in a filename. The first is ascii NULL, which marks end-of-string. The second, which you've seemingly run afoul of, is the directory separator character '/'. Everything else there is just fine and dandy though. Of course, if you name your files in Ugaritic or Cuneiform or Klingon or any of the other less frequently travelled UTF code pages, you'll need to put some work in to make them display correctly in your shell... Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigE473969E08D77ADA75D4853E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkiwN/0ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzvnwCcDr6HKunXi8ubYJHylk5DdhyU cJkAn08r5f9Y1MzedypXErhpvvQU+ACB =8h7I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE473969E08D77ADA75D4853E--
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