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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: space char in file names
Message-ID: <34609@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Sep 89 02:05:04 GMT
References: <991@orbit.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <991@orbit.UUCP> dougm@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Doug Mcintyre) writes:
>[...] Especially since no other OS that works with a
>command shell has spaces in files names (ie. messy-dos & Unix.. ) [...]

Gee...what about HFS and AppleShare?  (Have you ever used MPW?)

For that matter, what about Apple II DOS 3.3?  No problem there--it simply uses
commas (rather than blanks) as separators.

Actually, I'm on a Unix machine right now.  I never tried putting a blank
in a filename before, but I just did:  works great!  (mkdir 'x y', for
example.)

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