From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw Subject: Re: RFC: Illegal Characters in File Names Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:51:07 +0200 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040722145107.GL18676@lug-owl.de> References: <200407202330.i6KNU3318691@watkins-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yAzUYvkKIfeS0jQX" Cc: Guy , 'Jan Hudec' , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org, "'Joseph D. Wagner'" , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Return-path: Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:39301 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266021AbUGVOvJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:51:09 -0400 To: Bryan Henderson Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org --yAzUYvkKIfeS0jQX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-07-21 13:25:30 -0700, Bryan Henderson wrote in message : > I wouldn't stop at nonprinting characters. Punctuation, especially space= s=20 > and tabs, cause a lot of trouble too, for very little gain. >=20 > As I've said, I don't want to take away your weird filenames. But I'd=20 > like to get rid of mine. I'd rather have an untar fail than create a=20 > filename that's going to cause me grief. Where's the problem? That can (at least for dynamically linked applications -- most of what you use is that:) be done with a little LD_PRELOAD library. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! = O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --yAzUYvkKIfeS0jQX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/9RbHb1edYOZ4bsRAitEAJ0XivHzdFT6e4CeSlH2DTB6otbbxACdHp/q COmVT4++WHm1WNPxh/tIZJU= =OBQQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yAzUYvkKIfeS0jQX--