Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: design AT netcom DOT com (Chris Waters)
Subject: Re: Changing directories in BASH
Message-ID: <designE1nK9q.4nI@netcom.com>
Organization: Design and Delivery
References: <Pine DOT SGI DOT 3 DOT 93 DOT 961128130135 DOT 2645B-100000 AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 22:10:38 GMT
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Sender: design AT netcom19 DOT netcom DOT com
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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In article <Pine DOT SGI DOT 3 DOT 93 DOT 961128130135 DOT 2645B-100000 AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>,
Orlando Andico  <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph> wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Chris Waters wrote:

>> WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING THIS??  Unix supports file/directory names
>> with spaces JUST FINE!  Posting statements about OSes you aren't
>> familiar with on the net is not a good idea!
>[...]

>that's so, but there might be some people out there with ancient versions
>of UNIX that don't support this kind of stuff. I've never seen such a
>beast, but SVR3.2 (which is still fairly common..) didn't support long
>filenames or symlinks (I think).

I've used Unix off and on for nearly two decades.  I've never seen a
version which didn't support spaces or even control characters in
filenames.  Anyway, this is getting off-topic; my original comment was a
side-bar.