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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Help!  There's a slash '/' in my filename.
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.081141.16971@erbe.se>
Date: 15 Feb 91 08:11:41 GMT
References: <5857@auspex.auspex.com> <1991Feb13.120201.13608@eik.ii.uib.no> <BZS.91Feb14043317@world.std.com>
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In article <BZS.91Feb14043317@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:

>From: s082@brems.ii.uib.no
>>Just one thing: Why would anyone want a slash (or any such character) a
>>filename in the first place?
>
>Perhaps the file name was in Norwegian? :-)
.....

>Doesn't norwegian use o-slash and all that?

Yes, but it's o-slash as a single seven-bit or eight-bit character and
not an "o" followed by a slash.

-- 
Robert Claeson

Disclaimer: I represent myself and not my employer.