Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:53:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh scripting question Message-ID: <20201016155338.4f88563f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20201016143802.11156879863c4885fb3dd2e7@sohara.org> References: <24456.60388.135834.43951@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20201015204226099763897@bob.proulx.com> <c6096f5d-84f5-af81-7407-9bda06c7b240@panix.com> <20201016063211.2f8b3a74@archlinux> <20201016151942.e01600b6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20201016143802.11156879863c4885fb3dd2e7@sohara.org>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:38:02 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:19:42 +0200 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > Fully correct, but also suffers from the lack of a definition > > of "reasonable" that works everywhere every time. :-) > > POSIX portable filenames -they're pretty restrictive though. Yes, true - BUT: Programs don't have to be POSIX compliant, and even if they were, nothing stops users from using an external tool to rename filenames from a POSIX-portable one to something that isn't portable - or reasonable - anymore... "But I like the emojis in the names of my business report files!" "We use stars in filenames to show how important they are." "the number of dashes before the actual name indicate the revision level of the file." --- Expenses in € (10|2020) ☺ *** Bob,Berlin – Copy (2) .doc Real people and their work results... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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