Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/16/17:55:45
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org> writes:
> >On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> >> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> >\Extended_Filesystem_Number_2.Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module
> >> > > What if I allready have a file called EXTEFN~2.DLD in that
> >> It would be something like EXTEN#KR.001 or something close. If a
> >Ok, that's close enough, but I don't like the extension handling, I'd
> >existing filename otherwise. Maybe an upper ASCII character?
> A trick to use spaces in filenames, use ASCII-char 255. This is a blank
> char (which is why it is used instead of a space). However, this char
> could also work as a flag to indicate name hashing.
And then the user, (not realizing that it's not a space), merrily keeps
trying to access file 'EXTEFN 2.DLD'.
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