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From: rta@pixar.UUCP (Rick Ace)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ugly file name
Summary: this issue is addressed in news.announce.newusers
Keywords: rm cat mv regexp
Message-ID: <4906@pixar.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 16:59:18 GMT
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Removal of files with names containing non-ASCII characters is
addressed in item 10 of "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions"
in the newsgroup news.announce.newusers.  The foreword of that
article appears below.

> 		Frequently Submitted Items
> 
> This document discusses some items that occur repeatedly on USENET.
> They frequently are submitted by new users, and result in many
> followups, sometimes swamping groups for weeks. The purpose of this
> note is to head off these annoying events by answering some questions
> and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others.  If you
> don't like these answers let spaf@purdue.edu know.

Rick Ace