Re: Gnu findutils

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> Yeah and look how much hate they have been generating ...  Actually I
> seem to recall that the Amiga let you do this too

Unix lets you do it, too, along with any number of silly things
like newlines.  Doesn't the hate belong with those utilities,
like the shells, that assume that perfectly valid filenames are
actually two (or more) files?

I get pissed off when websites reject perfectly valid e-mail
addresses for having a '+' in them, why should I not get pissed
at utilities that barf on perfectly valid filenames?

If people shouldn't use spaces in filenames, don't let them.

Darrell

• Jonathan Stowe 16:22 on 04 Mar 2004
  • Darrell Fuhriman 16:30 on 04 Mar 2004
    • John Sinteur 16:43 on 04 Mar 2004
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 16:38 on 04 Mar 2004
    • David Cantrell 23:58 on 04 Mar 2004
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• Gavin Estey 16:51 on 04 Mar 2004

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