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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Quick Question |
| Date | 2015-08-26 08:36 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnvbc2vz7q.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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"Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> writes:
> "glen herrmannsfeldt" wrote:
>> comp.lang.c-the-whole-c-and-nothing-but-c
>>
>> Is # legal in a newsgroup name?
>>
>> If I remember right, the PL/I group is named comp.lang.pl1 because
>> comp.lang.pl/i isn't allowed.
>
> Since addresses start out with http:// it is pretty obvious that a name
> containing '/' is going to lead to problems. When making notes in file
> names and suchlike my choice for "punctuation belongs here" is '%'. As near
> as I know it is bulletproof.
In the days before NNTP, news articles were stored locally under a
directory typically called /usr/spool/news (news servers might still
do this, but end users generally don't have direct access to the
server system). Newsgroup names would be split on the '.' character.
Article #12345 of comp.lang.c would be stored in the file
/usr/spool/news/comp/lang/c/12345
This scheme would not distinguish between comp.lang.pl/i and
comp.lang.pl.i, which would logically be under the comp.lang.pl
hierarchy. I have no idea whether a name like "comp.lang.pl/i" would
have been treated as "comp.lang.pl.i", or would have caused an error.
On Unix-like systems, the only characters not permitted in file names
(including directory and device names) are '/' (the directory delimiter)
and '\0'. Which means you can cause serious confusion by creating a
file with a '\n' in its name.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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