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From: kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re^2: Kernel Hacks & Weird Filenames
Message-ID: <756@ambush.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 88 09:18:51 GMT
References: <13041@brl-adm.ARPA> <4895@chinet.UUCP> <574@minya.UUCP> <5070@chinet.UUCP> <582@minya.UUCP> <24@csnz.nz>
Organization: AmbraSoft A/S (Denmark)
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In article <24@csnz.nz> paul@csnz.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes:

>Does that mean that a naive user can make a file with a <SPACE>
>in the name?   e.g.   "John Doe" or "Job Cost" or other equally
>"intuitively correct" but WRONG names...:-)

Sure, why not if you want to:

	echo "Hello World" > "John Doe"

Will do the job nicely.

Why are you suggesting that such file-names are WRONG, they're not
normal, but they're absolutely correct.

Regards,

Kim Chr. Madsen, AmbraSoft A/S, Rojelskaer 15, DK-2840 Holte (Denmark)
UUCP: kimcm@ambush.dk, PHONE: +45 2424 111, FAX: +45 2423 090

Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 
					-- The Bible, Joel, II:28