Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!dsiramd!csnz!paul From: paul@csnz.nz (Paul Gillingwater) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Kernel Hacks & Weird Filenames Message-ID: <24@csnz.nz> Date: 10 May 88 16:36:13 GMT References: <13041@brl-adm.ARPA> <4895@chinet.UUCP> <574@minya.UUCP> <5070@chinet.UUCP> <582@minya.UUCP> Reply-To: paul@csnz.UUCP (Paul Gillingwater) Organization: Computer Sciences of New Zealand, Wellington, NZ Lines: 16 In article <582@minya.UUCP> jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes: >One of the nice things about Unix is that I can explain to a novice >that the kernel (i.e., open() and exec()) only know about '/' and >null, and ALL other characters are equally acceptable. ===========^^^ >-- >John Chambers <{adelie,ima,maynard,mit-eddie}!minya!{jc,root}> (617/484-6393) Does that mean that a naive user can make a file with ain the name? e.g. "John Doe" or "Job Cost" or other equally "intuitively correct" but WRONG names...:-) -- Paul Gillingwater, Senior Consultant Call my private BBS - Magic Tower, Computer Sciences of New Zealand Ltd NZ +64 4 753561 V21/V23 8N1 24hrs P.O.Box 929, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND Soon: V22/V22bis/Bell 103/Bell 212A Vox: +64 4 846194, Fax: +64 4 843924 "Scott me up, Beamie!"-Lounge Suit Larry