From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:25:42 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Benjamin D Chambers cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: <19970216.130542.8487.3.chambersb@juno.com> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote: > > 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. ! - valid filename character @ - valid filename character - also used for response files # - valid filename character % - environment var dereferencer ^ - 4DOS command separator character (Also doorway.exe uses it) & - Lets reserve this baby for future background processing :o) * - wildcard. Try DIR * A better candidate would be then YEN symbol. :o) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Question: Will Linus trash the Linux project when HURD comes out? I hope not.