Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!slsw2 From: slsw2@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Wierd filenames Message-ID: <1990Nov29.143756.43331@cc.usu.edu> Date: 29 Nov 90 20:37:56 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Utah State University Lines: 17 In article , bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) writes: > Are there any ASCII based OSs that allow you to create filenames that > contain the ASCII character NUL? Well, it's not ASCII, but OS/8 has an interesting mechanism for doing that sort of thing. In place of a file name you could type '#' followed by a digit string that specified the file name in octal (6-bit chars = 2 digits per char). That way you could build file names that had spaces on the front or what have you. -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================