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Post #17,655 by cforde 11/10/01 1:05:58 AM Reply	gak a linefeed character in a file name? Ok, what characters aren't allowed in a Unix file name? Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #17,683 by ben_tilly 11/10/01 2:14:08 PM 11/10/01 2:15:31 PM Reply	null and / Insert usual fun and games with backspace characters, characters which cause X to do funky things, etc. Edited by ben_tilly Nov. 10, 2001, 02:15:31 PM EST Expand All History
Post #17,723 by boxley 11/10/01 10:44:44 PM Reply	dont forget pipe and redir \| > and your example would be ok inside " as opposed to `(maybe) thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #17,829 by ben_tilly 11/12/01 4:59:39 AM Reply	touch 'foo \| bar > baz' Works perfectly well for me. Cheers, Ben
Post #17,823 by cforde 11/12/01 1:12:27 AM Reply	Berkeley, Unix and something else I'm reminded of a quote about Berkeley, Unix and something else. I'm sure you know what it is... What is the point of allowing control characters? I assume the ommission of null is an artifact of C strings? [link\|http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Unicode-HOWTO-3.html\|Unicode filenames] are cool though. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #17,830 by ben_tilly 11/12/01 5:02:10 AM Reply	It is easier to allow than to disallow Null and the / already were taken. They had assigned meanings, one for C and the other for directories. Any other characters which you wanted to disallow would be more work. So they just allowed them all. Cheers, Ben

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