Re: CHALLENGE: Best ascii-art filename
From Nate / DAC <nat...@southwind.net>
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· 21 Jan 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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> I don't know about any other OSs, but DOS and Windoze won't let you have a > filename with a * cos it uses it as a wildcard character. Commodore DOS, and Unix both have this feature. I'd say it's common to all OS's. The ? mark on the oother hand, can be putinto a Unix filename with some trickery, I think I've received one or two files from friends with ? is the name. -- ___________________________________________________________________ | . . | * http://www2.southwind.net/~natedac/ * | | _ _ _|_ _ _| _ _ |-----------------------------------------| | |/ \`_| | /_)/ |`_|/ ` | GCS d- s++:++ a-- C++ UB>++ P+ L>++ !E | | | |(_| \_ \_ \_|(_|\__ | W++ N++ K- w--- M- V? PS PE Y+ PGP- t++ | | at southwind dot net | 5 X+ R tv@ b+ DI(++) D+ G++ e+ h+ r- y- | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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