On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 07:06:35PM +0530, Raj Mathur wrote: > > Devdas> [snip] > Devdas> Or do the right thing and stop making files with spaces in > Devdas> the name. > > Umm, I don't agree that filenames without spaces are the > ``right thing''. Yes, it's a long-time Unix ``feature'' that > spaces are deprecated in filenames and difficult to handle, but > I feel that that is more a loss to the Unix/Linux community > than a feature.
This I suppose is a matter of opinion. However, I have faced the following problems with spaces in filenames: a) There is a tendency to go overboard with the flexibility and at times people start putting full sentences for filenames. Look at the mp3 naming conventions for example a name like: "where do you go to my lovely little sweetie pie.mp3" ;-) b) It plays havoc with web programming. Even under asp you need to do things like new%2520text%2520document.txt c) Not handled by most ftp servers. Doing an scp for a "spaced- out" filename is a nightmare ;-) d) Even M$ osql does not like spaces, and you need to use quotes to handle such "spaced-out" things. And the list goes on ... most drawbacks are technical in nature, and not restricted to *nix idiosyncracies alone. I really wonder whether such a feature should really be consi- dered desirable ... Just my POV Bish ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
