underscore crash bug (was: Another question on TEDINFO info)

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From: Lee Dickey
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1988 12:50

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In article <2220@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c162-br@zooey.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Warner Young) writes:
>
>                             ...                 In fact, this is
>a template that should also avoid the underscore crash bug.

I think this has been mentioned before, but what exactly is the
	"underscore crash bug" ?

I guess it has to do with "_" in the name of a file.
	Is the problem having a file named just "_"?
	Or is the problem having a file with name beginning with "_"?
	I think it is not just having the "_" in the name of the file,
		( e.g. 1st_word.* ). 

When does the crash occur?
	When one looks at the directory containing such a file?
	When one reads the file? 
	When one writes to the file?


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From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: underscore crash bug (was: Another question on TEDINFO info)
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Date: 11 Apr 88 12:50:17 GMT
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