Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 19:49:10 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:30:00 -0600 (CST) "Colin W. Glenn"
> >And then the user, (not realizing that it's not a space), merrily 
> >trying to access file 'EXTEFN 2.DLD'.
> 
> Since most filenames wouldn't fit the 8.3 with more than one word, you'd
> better have a pretty good reason to use the space in the filename
> anyways.  If the reason's that important, you can put a line or two in
> the readme and everything will be fine.

Trust me!  I goofed big time in a filename generation subroutine one time
and it produce several filenames with a space in them!  The annoyance is
that I had to create a program to kill them because normal file deletion
commands and shell had no effect.  Want a erase proof file?  :>

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