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Here's what "MacOS X: The Missing Manual" states about file naming conventions in MacOS X.
Linux explanation
I remember a Linux using friend of me explaining it to me this way, a few years ago, when we were talking about naming files. Basically, he said that I could name a file almost anything I wanted, but if I used / or a period in the name, that I may have trouble working with the file in the command line, if I didn't watch what I was doing. He also stated that scripts that don't explicitly quote path names would have troubles with this as well. Well, the program wouldn't, but my results might. Think about the iTunes updater that killed volumes. That was due to not quoting the path in the program... |
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