Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:53:07 +1000 | From | Matthew Hawkins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Speeding up FAT operations |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> MS-DOS will, in fact, let you create a filename with spaces in them, > although I believe it will not let the space be the first character > (and as the last character it gets cropped.)
This is correct. And in fact, you _can_ get command.com to create files with spaces in them! Anybody who has been rescued from the MS-DOS world would probably know the oldest file-hiding trick in the book - using the alt+numpad keys to type in the ASCII code of one of the 3-4 "space" characters into the directory name, then attribing the directory hidden. No need to pull out Norton Disk Doctor ;)
GUI file managers spoiled the fun though.
-- Matt
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