> in order to avoid having to worry about special characters > they are NUL-terminated)
Would this be a possible alternative - newline terminated (convert any newlines embedded in filenames to the 3 chars '%0A', and leave it as an exercise to the reader to de-convert them.) Line formatted ASCII files are really nice - worth pissing on embedded newlines in paths to obtain. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/