Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 13:48:48 +0200
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> From: Tim Van Holder <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: 01 Oct 2001 12:26:07 +0200
> 
> Note that I would prefer /dev/[bogus] or something similar, to avoid
> any and all issues with colons (either as drive or path separator).

What issues are those?

If you are afraid of commands that fail, that's okay: we _want_ them
to fail when this happens.  We just want them to fail in the least
dangerous way.

As for "[bogus]", it is a valid file name, so, while extremely
improbable, it could exist on a user's machine.

I thought about other characters which are invalid in file names, but
all of them seem to run a risk of unintended consequences.  For
example, `*' and `?' could expand into something, `>' or `|' could
cause creation of files or even change the semantics of the command,
etc.  We could use control characters (below the blank), though.  If
someone has ideas, please speak up.