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Date:      Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:46:05 +0200
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mktemp() patch
Message-ID:  <20000608124605.G82993@lucifer.bart.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006071758550.11848-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:11:04PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006071758550.11848-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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-On [20000608 03:12], Kris Kennaway (kris@FreeBSD.ORG) wrote:
>Instead of using only alphabetic characters, the patch uses the following
>character set:
>
>0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@#%^-_=+:,.~
>
>which is not believed to cause any problems with shells. The PID is also

Some shells parse # as a deletion character if memory serves me right.
I think I noticed this behaviour when I started using zsh a few weeks
ago after ksh.

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven          Network- and systemadministrator
<jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>            VIA Net.Works The Netherlands
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