Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:19:23 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps2pdf (was: newbies mailing list) Message-ID: <19980304131922.38592@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980304122431.38449@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 12:24:31PM %2B1030 References: <199803030441.VAA11558@const.> <34FBE0CB.C1697F2D@internationalschool.co.uk> <19980304102052.13296@freebie.lemis.com> <19980304112605.61351@welearn.com.au> <19980304120645.61525@freebie.lemis.com> <19980304125210.37584@welearn.com.au> <19980304122431.38449@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 12:24:31PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wed, 4 March 1998 at 12:52:10 +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> > I realise batch files do more and work more reliably than unix scripts, and
> > the dos users are cleverer at using them, but does FreeBSD have trouble
> > handling short file names and upper case?
>
> No, but the users do :-)
>
> > Should someone be working on that?
>
> Definitely not.
Ha! You won't out-stubborn me that easily :-) I've been trained by experts.
Do you or do you not want to encourage people to read the stuff _before_
they attempt to install (and start learning) FreeBSD? I think you do but
would prefer that the compromises are all made at their end.
Allocate a little extra space and they could pick out whatever format they
can use, even if they only know unix and lower case. Or find one or two that
_everyone_ can use... and test it to make sure.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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