To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 
Message-ID: <19970216.130542.8487.3.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:03:31 EST
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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.

...Chambers


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