> From time to time, the issue of having spaces in file names seems to > come up on this list, mostly in the context of discussions on find, > du, Acme, and trfs(4). All the discussions I've found suggest that > file names with whitespace in them are *legal* on fossil. I'm running > a 9atom 9pcf kernel copied verbatim from the 9atom .iso, on an > otherwise stock Plan 9 4e fossil+venti install. However, I can't seem > to create files with with spaces in their names. The resulting error > string reports invalid characters in the file name. Why doesn't this > work? Has the ability to have spaces in file names been removed from > fossil? If so, then how is it possible that there are files such as > '/n/sources/contrib/steve/file with spaces' hanging around?
this is all my fault. ken fs doesn't allow spaces in file names, and neither does kfs. since many scripts tend to do the wrong thing with such file names, i thought it would be a lot easier to just disallow them, and deal with any problems that come up at file creation time, instead of when you're running a script that's mysteriously failing. the sources version of fossil does allow spaces in filenames. > While I'm perfectly happy using underscores in lieu of spaces in *my* > file names, there are a number of APE packages (i.e., fgb/lcms) > containing files with spaces in their names. Since those are the > names used in replica(1), I'm unable to contrib/install(1) any of > these packages. Are there any known fixes or workarounds for this > problem? (I doubt trfs(4) would help, because the ape would still be > naming the file with spaces, unless specifically modified to match the > trfs(4) translation.) i have never run into this. my preferred solution would be to fix the contrib packages, but that's not my call. sorry for the inconvienece. > Also, if anyone knows where I can find 9fans archives prior to March > 2008, please let me know. The archives I was able to find only go > back that far. http://9fans.net/archive > Also, quanstro, would you whitelist me? I can't seem to get mail to > you off-list. Thanks! done. - erik
