On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 06:29:08PM -0500, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I've a user that has a funny last name, which is separated by a real " " > (space). Because of this, most programs will parse it as having a first, > middle, last. Is there some fancy way I can get this joined without > cosmetically altering it to have another character to join it (like a hard > space, etc)? > 2 Suggestions, neither tested:
- Put a ",' (comma) after the name (finger looks for this) - Put it in quotes :Fred "van de Bedrock": Just a thought. A "hard" space ?? It's just a text file :) There is a structure to it for the use of the "finger" program, how other programs choose to parse it is probably up to the author. Looking at pwd.h it is just a simple ptr to a character string. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
