Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:10:37 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, FreeBSD-hackers@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdosfs creates illegal dir names? Message-ID: <199701150340.OAA04206@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701142130.WAA02062@yedi.iaf.nl> from Wilko Bulte at "Jan 14, 97 10:30:27 pm"
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Wilko Bulte stands accused of saying: > > > > > > Question: are files/dirs with leading . valid DOS names? I'm really > > > suspicious about 'm (all of this was 2.1.5R BTW) > > > > They're perfectly legitimate; it looks like your Mac software is buggy... > > This is getting interesting :-) > > Other people tell me you have to have a 'normal' character before > any . You can't say "mkdir .foo", no, but the standards for what is and isn't a "valid" filename are pretty grey, and " .foo" is well within them. > Wilko (who does not like DOS...) A fairly elementary issue of taste, to be sure. 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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