Re: [PATCH] Speeding up FAT operations

Gerhard Mack (gmack@imag.net)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:05:23 -0700 (PDT)


On 23 Sep 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> No, this is due to the fact that space is actually a legal character
> in a filename in DOS; it is just that the command-line shell
> considered it a separator, as did most other programs. There were a
> grand many programs that would let you create such filenames, and read
> them just fine. You just couldn't mess with them in COMMAND.COM. I
> don't know if 4DOS allowed you to manipulate these files or not.

4dos= next best thing to actually having a unix machine.
Back when I was using dos I was messing with norton disk doctor to see how
4dos would react to it, the tab key simply enclosed it in quotes.

list "file name"

Gerhard

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As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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