From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:38:58 +0100
From: Nigel Roles ngr@symbionics.co.uk
Subject: [9fans] allowing space (ASCII 0x20) in file names
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I use the non-breaking space when translating Win95 VFAT names in a
hacked dossrv. Win95 fienames are stuffed full of spaces because
Microsoft don't care whether the DOS shell can parse path names anymore.


> -----Original Message-----
> once when i had to worry about conveying names with spaces (x.400
> addresses)
> i used iso no-break space (+U'00A0' i think).  it was adequate,
> which is more than i can say for some of the RFCs i've read or had
> to implement over the years.  i found i nearly always had to check
> someone else's code to see what clients or servers actually expected.
> implement the rfc precisely (or as accurately as you can determine
> it),
> and you often hit problems.
>