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henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan) writes:

> In article <1dhsdfINNga1@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu 
> >In article <1992Nov7.233619.3996@news.columbia.edu> 
> >stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) writes:

[ stuff about slashes vs. colons deleted ]

> >>	Hmm, maybe you should convert the "/"'s to colons.  That'll
> >>make it work with either HFS or ProDOS partitions, and then the user
> >>doesn't have to know what the file system is.
> >
> >That's an idea, although a slash IS a valid character for a filename/directo
> >name...then again, I wouldn't want to encourage the use of slashes in 
> >directory names either ;-)
> >
> >Comments, anyone?
> 
> a slash is the unix standard, if gno is a unix like shell the a slash
> MUST be allowed, a slash must stay.

I tend to agree. Slashes should be used as seperators, in order to stay in 
line with the Unix-way(tm) of doing things. If, for some strange perverted 
reason :), someone has a file named "Obnoxious filenames are /cool" on an 
HFS volume, the file slash in the filename could be prevented from being 
interpreted by the shell with a backslash (\) just before it...

> >>Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
> >>stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu       color paint program for the Apple IIGS.
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