On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 01:31:32PM -0700, Peter Burkholder wrote:
>
> 6) I'm surprised that " " (space) is converted to _. I didn't
> know that it was a 'scary character'. I'm curious as to the
> reason for that.
>
I think the fear with spaces is that there is a possibility here
to try and feed arguments after an (executable) filename. Can't think
of an example that would actually do harm, but i actually like this
feature. Perhaps it should be made an option.
regards, Ewald...
-- Ewald H. Beekman, Network Engineer, Academic Medical Center, dept. ADB/ICT Computer & Network Services, The Netherlands ## Your mind-mint is: "Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable." -- Robert G. Ingersoll