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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: ARexx Questions
Summary: at last some REXX code begins to show up...
Message-ID: <2219@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 88 11:37:51 GMT
References: <2119@cadovax.UUCP> <4131@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <4131@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
> /* Sizeblk.rexx    Shows recursive function.  -Dave Haynie */

One problem: if you have any files with spaces in them, you'll be hosed.
Because of the way REXX handles directories, it can't tell "foo bar" from
two files named "foo" and "bar".

I just spoke to Bill Hawes last night, and I forgot to bring this one
up. Rats.
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