Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:07:56 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh scripting question Message-ID: <20201016150756.f2ce6613a4eb9d722df7ffef@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20201016155338.4f88563f.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> <20201016155338.4f88563f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:53:38 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > 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, Oh sure, nobody uses it but it is the definition you asked for, useless as it is :) > "But I like the emojis in the names of my business report files!" Have you ever seen an NFS exported common work area directory used by an international team dumping files in there with names in whatever encoding their PCs are set up for ? It doesn't take long before nothing can render a sane looking file listing. > Real people and their work results... :-) Yep no test group can ever find more creative ways of screwing you up than users. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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