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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:57:07 -0600
From:      Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>
To:        restemey@bellatlantic.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: question about file/directory names
Message-ID:  <3A6C9EA3.22A1D221@journalstar.com>
References:  <3A6C9682.8BFEA851@bellatlantic.net>

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Here's a link that might help:

http://www.fnal.gov/docs/UNIX/unix_at_fermilab/htmldoc/rev1997/uatf-39.html

If you stick to:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_

You can't go wrong.  

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.
> 
> Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Restemeyer
> www.teachtools.com
> 
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