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From: wayne@dsndata.UUCP (Wayne Schlitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Accessing files by inode #s
Message-ID: <119@dsndata.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 88 04:18:43 GMT
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Organization: Design Data, Lincoln, NE
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In-reply-to: dnb@brandeis.csnet's message of 1 Feb 88 09:01:43 GMT

Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.44.2 of Tue Jun  2 1987 on dsndata (hpux)



> 
> My method for dealing with this sort of maverick file is to use the
> "dired" package in GnuEmacs (type <esc>-x dired).  This allows the
> user the point-and-shoot interface that makes manipulation of weird
> filenames  a piece of cake.  I have also been spoiled by this interface
> 

of course, dired doesnt handle filenames with trailing blanks like the
ones generated by our fix-field cobol friends, but...  


-- 

Wayne Schlitt

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