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Re: Spaces in filenames [was: Has a Debian developer ever unintentionally wiped out user files like Apple?]



Ari Makela <hauva@lagavulin.sappho.net> writes:

> 	a) -print0 and -0 are not portable(1)

I know.  However there are at least two free implementations which
have the right options.  I see this as a problem only for users of the
(mostly or entirely) non-free operating systems which lack them, and
not a very serious one at that.

> 	b) they are far too often omitted even when they are available

That's a bug in the scripts that fail to use them.

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