Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-carolina.cts.com!delton From: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com (Don Elton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: use of : instead of / Message-ID: <8908130642.AA28955@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 11 Aug 89 16:16:29 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 12 Network Comment: to #4635 by obsolete!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!indri!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn%csd4.milw.wisc.edu They were going to require nulls as separators but the use of multiple chars as separators was a compromise. Which way would you like to see it done to support using "/" and/or ":" in a file or directory's name? UUCP: [ sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pro-carolina!delton ARPA: crash!pro-carolina!delton@nosc.mil INET: delton@pro-carolina.cts.com Pro-Carolina: 803-776-3936 (300-2400 baud, login as 'register') US Mail: 3207 Berkeley Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29209-4111