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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:27:57 +0200
From:      Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com>
To:        Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
Cc:        freeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: sh scripting question
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On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:25 PM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
wrote:

> [...]
>
> On the quick I was unable to create a file with a
>
> /
>
> in it's name (Linux, login shell bash, just using shell commands, no
> tool explicitly aimed to edit/corrupt file system entries). I guess a
> file name containing a "/" overTRUMPs all other odd file names.
>

that's because '/' is interpreted by the kernel, whereas all other
"special" characters are special to the shell(s).
cheers
-- 
Michael Schuster
http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/
recursion, n: see 'recursion'



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