On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 03:20:13PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/06/11 10:16, lee wrote: > > To give a silly example, a file named "-rf *" or "rm -rf *" > > I defy you to create a file with those name ;-p > NOTE: I've tried. No point in it just being an untested opinion. You can't have tried very hard then: 'touch -- "-rf *"'. > > It's only common sense not to create file names that are likely to yield > > unexpected results. > > Agreed - but *as it's not possible* my agreement is worthless. It also > belies the point of UTF. See above. Cheers, Tom -- Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. -- Wernher von Braun
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