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From: "rob pike, esq." <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] blanks in file names
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Date: Wed,  3 Jul 2002 15:40:30 -0400
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You can't do that becaause if a file contains a genuine
underscore, the outgoing software will think it's a space.

-rob

--On Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:54 PM +0900 arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I prefer spaces are mapped simplly to underscores.
> Then
> term% touch 'some files'
> create some_files
> and
> term% rm 'some files'
> removes some_files
> However, I don't think these defects are practically important.
> I am rather afraid Plan9 loses simplicity.
>
> Kenji Arisawa
> E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp