On 28 February 2013 13:29, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > alexander.elg...@external.t-systems.com wrote: > ... > >> I am pretty shure, I tested the capability of filenames on a Linux (ext2) >> or Solaris (ufs) filesystem, a long time ago >> The outcome was, that you can use 254 different characters, except the >> '\0' and the '/'. >> >> But I agree, it is an annoyance it should be forbidden. ;) >> > > The person who invented that spaces and other unprintable characters were > allowed in filenames and paths should be found, his PC and iPhone should be > confiscated, he should be exiled to an isolated island in the middle of the > Arctic Ocean, and he should be nominated for an IgNobel. The person at > Microsoft who decided that "C:\Program Files" was an acceptable place to > install programs should be sent along as his butler.
What a stupid thing to say. You can use those things on pretty much every file system and OS. Ever since your grandmother started using a computer and thought it was pretty darn stupid for young whippersnappers like yourself to tell her that she couldnt name a file "good recipies". A special place in hell is reserved for programmers that write code that assumes that spaces and other unprintables are illegal in a filename. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
