On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 09:50:54PM +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > On 03/08/04 21:08 +0530, Sudev Barar wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 19:06, Raj Mathur wrote: > > > Quick Quiz Question #42: What are the ONLY TWO characters that > > > absolutely CANNOT be part of a standard Unix file name? > > / * > > > > Tell me what have I won ;-) Or was I way off mark?? > > Actually, / and NUL IIRC. >
Nearly all characters on the keyboard can be escaped for a valid filename. AFAIK, the ones that cannot be escaped are "/" and "." by itself or "..". The period or double period can appear in unison with other chars. But "/" cannot appear anywhere on the string since it is used for a path seperator. The "/" surely is one. If period by itself is not counted then what is the other ? Devdas, I did not get the meaning of NUL from the keyboard point of view. Do you mean 'space' by itself ? This too can be escaped. Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Undeleting files from ext2 filesystem LOST #604 e2undel (http://e2undel.sourceforge.net)is a console tool to help recover deleted files without needing to be an ext2 genius. It requires read access to the file system where the files to be recovered are located. ####[ajitabhpandey (at) users.sourceforge.net]################ : ------------------------------------------------------- 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
