Date:	Thu, 8 May 1997 17:22:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To:	pierre AT tycho DOT com
cc:	OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: BIG suggestion for Opendos Features
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Pierre Phaneuf wrote:

> > > Personally I'd be happy to stick with RASH.
> > It's fine for a single user system, IMHO.
> 
> Can I ask multiuser? ;-)
> 
> > And what about case sensitivity? NEVER! I like the way NT
> > does it. Case is preserved for presentation value, but
> > I don't have to get the case right to name a file properly!
> 
> I'd love full case sensitivity that can be turned off (collisions handled 
> through mangling). Case preservation is undiscutable. PLEASE, for the
> command-line users among us (that's Open*DOS*, right?), don't let spaces
> characters creep in!

Yeah, I *HATE* spaces in filenames!  I have my biased reasons of
"why" but I'll keep them to myself.  I don't put CTRL-R's in
filenames or ALT-234's so I don't appreciate spaces either.
However, the IFS must accept them I suppose for compatibility
with FS's that allow them.

I think the new native FS should support but discourage them.

Even worse than spaces in filenames are '!' chars.  Try and do
ANYTHING with a file with a ! in it in UNIX!  YIKES!!!!!!!!!!


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