From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Mar 3 18:20:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26364 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:20:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26207; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:19:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA22011; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:19:27 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980304131922.38592@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:19:23 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Greg Lehey Cc: FreeBSD Chat , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps2pdf (was: newbies mailing list) 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980304122431.38449@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 12:24:31PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message