Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!haven!umbc3!umbc5.umbc.edu!cs202101 From: cs202101@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs202101) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Wierd filenames Message-ID: <4609@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Date: 4 Dec 90 19:40:42 GMT References: <1990Nov29.143756.43331@cc.usu.edu> Sender: newspost@umbc3.UMBC.EDU Reply-To: cs202101@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (cs202101) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 15 In article <1990Nov29.143756.43331@cc.usu.edu> slsw2@cc.usu.edu writes: >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? You can do this on IBM PC's running MS-DOS; all you need to do is hold down the Alt key and enter the number 255. This will allow you to have blanks in a file name (the extended ASCII char #255 is a blank). Robert Douglas Davis # Is reality real? Can you prove it? cs202101@umbc5.umbc.edu # Can you write an algorythm to prove it? Home: +1-301-744-7964 # Do you have a computer fast enough to compute it? BBS: +1-301-788-6663 # ---> REAL Education: The Benny Hill Show!