Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Files tree Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:14:55 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <20240413104140.4b4773a7@Nostromo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 05:14:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c07c9bb19a0975fd36cf4a2cbd5e0704"; logging-data="2959940"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX196qqwotwvpQa07qKUxhcaq" User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xPnZwtYJhKMuN055IIBO6m6MBLw= Bytes: 1268 On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:41:40 +1000, Borax Man wrote: > ... I think newlines in a filename are an abomination. I avoid them myself. But since they are permitted, if you want your code to be fully general, you have to deal with them.