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From:	"Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date:	Thu, 8 May 1997 12:04:44 +0100
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Subject:	Re: BIG suggestion for Opendos Features
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Once upon a time (on  7 May 97 at 10:31) Pierre Phaneuf said:

> > If you don't want spaces, don't use them.
> > You can use spaces on EXT2, but I've never seen anybody do it.
> > Well aside from myself then, but I quit doing it, 'cos it sucked big time.
> 
> How do you do spaces in filenames in Linux? How does bash reacts to this?
ext2fs allows them with no problems.

> And the fileutils (like ls)? Anyway, quoting a filename is losing IMHO, so
bash and other utes are no happy with spaces, although they work.

> spaces should be out... ;-)
I agree.
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