Re: Spaces in file and directory names.
- From: "Brandon S. Allbery" <allbery hilfy ece cmu edu>
- To: Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>
- cc: gisli master adams com, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Spaces in file and directory names.
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:12:22 -0500
In message <199812141208.GAA01186@metropolis.nuclecu.unam.mx>, Miguel de Icaza
writes:
+-----
| Unix has used spaces in the names for a long long time. Any shell
| with completion supports that.
+--->8
Regrettably false:
2@hilfy:501 B$ ksh
3@hilfy:161 K$ touch 'test file'
3@hilfy:162 K$ echo test file
----------------------/ (pressed <ESC><ESC> here)
ksh93 (in its incarnation as "dtksh") likewise doesn't handle it correctly.
ksh has never (to my knowledge) understood special characters in completion.
--
brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
carnegie mellon university ["God, root, what is difference?" -Pitr]
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