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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:07:14 +0400
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
CC: "'David A. Cobb'" <superbiskit AT cox DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Valid file-name characters
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Hi!

Monday, 22 July, 2002 Robert Collins robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net wrote:

RC> I was just about to suggest that whatever character is used is used as
RC> an escape char rather than a literal replacement.

RC> i.e. 
RC> WIN32      CYGWIN
'aux%c' ->> 'aux:'
'aux%%' ->> 'aux%'

which means that

s='a%%'
touch $s
notepad $s

won't work.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19


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