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Authored by: mholve on Feb 05, '03 03:55:13PM

Don't use wildcards like "?" and "*" if you can help it, don't use the "/" (forward slash) as it's a directory under Unix, don't start filenames with a "." because then an "ls" at the command line won't see it without adding some flags (try "ls -ld ~/.*" for example). If you work with just Aqua (the GUI) it might not matter so much, but it'll make life easier in the Terminal.



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