On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:57 AM, BartC <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 07/12/2016 12:39, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 10:54 PM, BartC <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: >>> >>> But if a program existed that took N filename parameters with the purpose >>> of >>> deleting each of them, then it can't tell if they were typed in >>> individually >>> (so indicating a stronger intent), or whether a finger slipped on a >>> single >>> filename and a "*" was added, in which case it could choose to ask for >>> confirmation *if* it saw that this is a wildcard). >>> >>> 'Globbing' (if that means auto expansion) is taking away choice. >> >> >> And app globbing takes away choice, too. How would you, with the >> Windows 'del' command, remove a single file that has a question mark >> in the name? Or are you depending entirely on the fact that Windows >> doesn't let you do that? Here's some of my music collection: > > > I don't follow you. "?" is problematical on both systems. I think Windows > disallows it completely: I get 'Protocol error' if I copy such a file from > Linux to Windows. Presumably there is an escaping system, but I don't know > what it is.
Nope. Not at all problematical on my Linux box. I can invoke that file in any way I like, and it just works. Tab completion works. Globbing works. Invoking it through Popen (or equivalent) works. It is a perfectly acceptable file name. The only time I have trouble with those files is when I copy them onto an external drive so my brother can play them... on his Windows computer. It's not the file name that has the problem. It's Windows. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
