Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Trying out the new escaping version...

[Jan Hudec]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 18:16:44 +0000, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 12:52, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> > > Under Windows, the prefix \\ has special meanings.
> > > For example, \\<server>\<share> is an important way
> > > to access a file on computer "server" in its "share" directory.
> > > Details at:
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/naming_a_file.asp
> > > 
> > > This will cause serious problems if "\" is used for another purpose.
> > > It would be bizarre if a user had to enter
> > > tla add \\\\server\share\stuff
> > 
> > Not bizarre, expected. Thats precisely what they have to enter now when
> > using any shell that supports escaping.
> 
> But the default shell for Windows does NOT support escaping using "\".
> Thus, the "\" causes lots of weird problems.  This works in Windows:
>  dir \\server\drive
> 
> 
> > It's bizarre to claim you provide 'shell' scripting when you don't even
> > provide a unicode, long file path capable shell in your own OS.
> 
> Please don't ask me to defend their design decisions, or
> what they've chosen not to improve :-).  I didn't build it :-).

Anyway -- Tom is not going to merge this (tla accepting escaped
filenames). And in escaped filenames, tla will surely use forward
slashes as directory separators.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec 
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