Date   : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:13:20 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Spitting expletives

On 31/07/2010 21:36, Mark Haysman wrote:

>> For what it is worth, in the interests of knowing how the mapping goes:
>>    test.basic  ->   test~1.ba~
> On my PC (Vista) it contracts to test~1 .bas

That is interesting - for Windows ought to understand .bas is not the 
same as .basic? Maybe if you don't have a specific action set up for 
.basic, it makes assumptions?


I've found an interesting warning from Microsoft:
--8<--------
# Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period. Although 
the underlying file system may support such names, the Windows shell and 
user interface does not. However, it is acceptable to specify a period 
as the first character of a name. For example, ".temp".
--8<--------
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx]

I don't see a problem with creating and accessing "test." as a file, 
perhaps later versions of Windows are less capable?


Best wishes,

Rick.

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