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Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin)

From	John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.unix.programmer
Subject	Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin)
Date	2024-09-03 13:25 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<20240903132547.00000656@gmail.com> (permalink)
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 20:11:28 -0000 (UTC)
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:

> Because it is based on a strawman interpretation of the "no spaces"
> rule. That strawman interpretation is that there are no other rules
> used in combination with the "no spaces" rule, and thus that any
> ridiculous name is fine, just as long as it doesn't contain spaces.
> 
> And so, look how unreadable is this 100 character name in CamelCase!
> Q.E.D. no spaces is a bad recommendation!

Well, there were no other factors *presented* alongside the blanket
statement that spaces in filenames are unnecessary, so it would appear
on the face of it to be an accurate assessment of the claim being made,
which wasn't in a post of yours to begin with.

And I'd still like to know who died and made whom king where filenames
and spaces therein are concrned.

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Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-08-31 05:57 +0000
  Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-31 09:27 +0100
    Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-08-31 08:39 +0000
    Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-31 23:34 +0000
      Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-01 07:03 +0000
        Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-01 09:10 +0100
        Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-09-01 19:51 +0200
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        Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Wayne <wayne@nospam.invalid> - 2024-09-03 13:56 -0400
          Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 21:54 +0000
        Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-09-08 07:24 +0200
      Arbitrary characters in filenames (was: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux) Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-09-01 20:06 +0200
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