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Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:38:39 +0000 (UTC) |
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Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:
> tr '+/' '._' => hidden files
> tr '+/' '-_' => awkward option clashes
> tr '/' '_' => not POSIX portable
>
> ho hum, the awkward option clashes is probably best.
You can always use ./ prefix to avoid option clashes, and for most tools, you
can also use -- strategically.
Also, while '+' is not allowed in short 8.3 DOS file names, these days, all
practical platforms that target FAT file systems also support long file names
where '+' is perfectly fine:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#File-System-
Conventions
Besides, think of 'g++', as an example of using + in file names.
--
Eric Blake
- Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Christopher Kerr, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Pádraig Brady, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Eric Blake, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Pádraig Brady, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet,
Eric Blake <=
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Gabriel Barazer, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/29
- Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Andreas Schwab, 2008/04/29
Re: Feature request - base64 Filename Safe Alphabet, Bo Borgerson, 2008/04/29