Re: How to handle whitespace in filenames ???

["Michael D. Schleif" <mds@helices.org>]

Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> 
> * Erik Steffl (steffl@bigfoot.com) spake thusly:
> ...
> >   generally, filename should be allowed to be basically any text. I see
> > no reason to limit it (well, the general consesnsus among most of the
> > unix(-like) implementations is that you cannot include '\0' and '/').
> > And I see no reason to put limits on this because of inadequate tools...
> > it's the tools that need to be fixed, not filenames.
> 
> Wrong. There's a reason why people with half a clue don't put
> spaces in paths, and inadequacy of tools is not it. Unless your
> computer can read minds, it has no way of telling when the
> whitespace's supposed to be input separator, and when it's just
> a part of filename.

Yes!  Excellent point!!!

I knew there was something else I forgot in my reply . . .

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