Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:44:04 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Bill Restemeyer <restemey@bellatlantic.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about file/directory names Message-ID: <20010122224404.A1378@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3A6C9682.8BFEA851@bellatlantic.net>; from restemey@bellatlantic.net on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:22:26PM -0500 References: <3A6C9682.8BFEA851@bellatlantic.net>
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:22:26PM -0500, Bill Restemeyer wrote: > I am developing a system in Perl that runs on FreeBSD which lets users > create files and directories. I need to know which characters are > acceptable in filenames and directory names and which are not. > The only not characters *not* acceptable are null and forward slash. As to whether it is a good idea to allow a file to be created called "<BS><BS><^L><^S>tee@#$!&&*()" is another question ! Filenames with shell metacharacters in them should be avoided (such as *), and files starting with a - (minus sign) are a pain. etc etc... Remember files that start with a . (period) are so-called hidden files and don;t show on a normal ls listing. And of course upper case and lower are different. Good Luck Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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