My guess: DOS filenames are composed of two parts -- the main part and the extension. When parsing filenames, you look for the '.'. Anything before the '.' is the main part; anything after it is the extension. Files ending with '.' just don't have an extension. Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2001.04.05 15:02:55 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: Noel L Yap) Subject: OT pondering (WAS: Re: Trailing Periods on File Names) Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > At 02:38 PM 4/5/2001, Randall R Schulz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just discovered some odd behavior. >> >> Witness: >> >> % mkdir dir >> % cd dir >> % ls -l >> total 0 >> % echo "I like Cygwin" >|File >> % ls -l >> total 0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 randall None 15 Apr 5 11:31 File >> % >> % ls -l File. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 randall None 15 Apr 5 11:31 File. >> % > > > <snip> > > > >> Curious, no? Perhaps this is a side-effect of the potential aliasing of suffix-less names and the same name with a ".exe" suffix? > > > > No, this is Windows madness. It ignores periods at the end of file names. > I agree with that, having seen this before, but I am curious... It seems that such functionality did not get there by accident (I cannot think of a way to ignore characters in a filename without some _extra_ coding), so it must have been done for some purpose. Yet I cannot for the life of me imagine what benefit this produces, or what fault it would circumvent. Anyone have ideas as to this? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
