On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Shankar Unni wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: > > > First off, even on POSIX, * isn't a valid filename character > > [Clang!] > > % mkdir '*' > % ls > */ > %
POSIX makes some recommendations about what constitutes portable filenames. The above is a nonportable name that your operating system or file system accepts. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/