Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/25/15:04:02
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Feb 97 16:14:35 +0000 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk writes:
> >Unfortunately, we can't use \ as DOS already uses that. We need
> >another
> >character that isn't used much... $, perhaps? Internal device names
> >tend to
> >have $ in the name, to prevent them being used by accident, so it
> >might make a
> >certain amount of sense. However, temporary files tend to use $:
> >
> > echo foo > %temp%\$tempzip.$$$
> >
> >becomes
> >
> > echo foo > %temp%\$$tempzip.$$$$$$
> >
> >Hmmm...
> I can think of several characters right of the top of my head to use -
> just try looking along the numbers at the top of your keyboard :)
> ie !,@,#,%,^,&,*
> I think the others are a bit more common, though. Personally, I like *
> best.
! - valid filename character
@ - valid filename character - also used for response files
# - valid filename character
% - environment var dereferencer
^ - 4DOS command separator character (Also doorway.exe uses it)
& - Lets reserve this baby for future background processing :o)
* - wildcard. Try DIR *
A better candidate would be then YEN symbol. :o)
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