From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267605AbUHJRBM (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:01:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267613AbUHJQ6R (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:58:17 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:15238 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267604AbUHJQyv (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:54:51 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Remove spaces from PCI IDE pci_driver.name field From: Lee Revell To: V13 Cc: Tomas Szepe , Alan Cox , dsaxena@plexity.net, greg@kroah.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200408101952.18710.v13@priest.com> References: <20040810001316.GA7292@plexity.net> <20040810155701.GB21534@louise.pinerecords.com> <1092154407.10794.14.camel@mindpipe> <200408101952.18710.v13@priest.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092156906.861.9.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:55:07 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 12:52, V13 wrote: > On Tuesday 10 August 2004 19:13, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 11:57, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > > Sure, but while with a GUI you can click on almost anything, on the > > > command line spaces in filenames have always been a real pain in > > > the ass, so let's not pretend otherwise. > > > > Ever heard of tab completion? Think of it as click for the command > > line. > > > > Seriously, do you really *prefer* filenames like > > Foo_Bar-Baa_Baaz_Quux.mp3? > > Anyone that writes scripts prefers filenames without spaces. It simplifies > scripts *and* typing a lot. > > Card\ 01 > Card\ 02 > Cardinal > > Now we have to write: cd Ca\ 1 Eh, anyone who writes perl scripts on the command line doesn't mind surrounding an expression in quotes. Lee