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Date:      Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:17:20 -0700
From:      bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Shell or mv eats a period?
Message-ID:  <20160615021720.GA37214@www.zefox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1465920477.1188.142.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <20160614153805.GB50221@www.zefox.net> <1465920477.1188.142.camel@freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:07:57AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> 
> A FAT filesystem enforces that there is only a single dot in a
> filename.  Welcome to 1983.
> 

I overlooked that detail completely. I'd have
expected an "illegal filename" reply in that case....

Thanks!

bob prohaska




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