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From:	Shankar Unni <shankarunni AT netscape DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Directory names
Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:36:17 -0800
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Dave Korn wrote:

>   First off, even on POSIX, * isn't a valid filename character

[Clang!]

% mkdir '*'
% ls
*/
%


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