Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!allegra!honey From: honey@allegra.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp,net.news Subject: Re: uucp file naming conventions Message-ID: <1714@allegra.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 12:46:57 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.1714 Posted: Thu Aug 4 12:46:57 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Aug-83 17:02:18 EDT References: <3131@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 14 the name of the data file is irrelevant -- the C. and X. files specify the names of the data files, so when redman, nowitz and i changed the filenames, we didn't feel compelled to announce it or discuss it (other than a brief spat with lauren -- naturally he won). when i send to you, it's a win for me to use D.myname* since this guarantees no collisions (in both our spool directories). (as an aside, our D. naming convention is so totally bizarre, there's virtually no chance of a collision in an old site's spool directory.) our moments considering whether this would break anything were not frantic, like yours; they were positively serene. peter honeyman ps: this did not "sneak" into 4.1c -- i suspect the 4.1c uucp people had the same notions independently.