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From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:24:57 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To: Kurt Weiske <pfortran AT crl DOT com>
cc: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: ~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Kurt Weiske wrote:

> I'd LOVE to hear how you researched this. Care to clarify your point?
> 
> At 03:01 PM 2/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >The only people likely to use '[' and ']' and other similar
> >characters in file names are usually virus writers and others who want
> >to put files on people's hard drives that are intended to remain on the 
> >hard drive until the next format.
> >
> >jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
> 
> --Kurt Weiske (pfortran AT crl DOT com)

I think that the point was very clear.  I have yet to run into a
single file that has a "[" as a character in the filename.  Keep
in mind that even if there was one, it would still work in the
OS, just the command interpreter would have trouble with it.
Besides considering the number of files that have those
characters in them, and considering the gains, I'd rather have
the new special wildcard chars added to the command interpreter.

Also, since you can temporarily disable command globbing with
noglob or something like that (when it is implemented) it is a
very "moot" point.

I've seen lots of "warez D00d" filenames that contain greek
letters and other funny characters and viruses usually follow in
the same vain.  I've got about 1000 different viruses zipped up
for antivirus scanner testing purposes, and I just checked them
out.  A lot of files have strange names, but I couldn't find any
with a "[" or a "]".  Either way, the point is still moot.


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