Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!cepu!scw@ucla-locus From: scw@ucla-locus@cepu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: re: funny characters in filenames Message-ID: <3685@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Aug-83 11:01:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3685 Posted: Mon Aug 1 11:01:00 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 04:07:40 EDT Lines: 14 From: Steve WoodsI was discussing this with my collegue Ralph Muha, who suggested . . . stick the test in wdir() or some such place. --Jim I would agree with you except that ' ' is a valid char in a file name (as someone said earler ingres generates almost all of its names with spaces in them). Alos there are other thing running around that need/want filenames to have spaces in them (such as protection files to keep *DUMB* people/prolllllers from 'rm *' (a file in that directory named ' protect' with mode a-w will make rm pause (hopefully ' protect' will be the first file that is found)).