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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:5 Jun 2001 at 00:32:49
Subject:Re: [D5] Re: ArcHandlerEx bug?

Dave Clarke said,

> Once upon a time, 04-Jun-01 10:57:39, Jonathan Hart spoke thus about
> '[D5] ArcHandlerEx bug?':

>>Noticed that the latest ArcHandlerEx doesn't show the contents of dirs if
>>they have spaces- such as "MyArchive:This Drawer" as opposed to
>>"This_Drawer".

> <QUOTE>
> Anyone that is stupid enough to use spaces and other such questionable
> characters in the naming of files and/or directories against the specific
> recommendation of the AmigaDOS manual needs their head read and should not
> expect programs to perform miracles on same.
> <UNQUOTE>

When a filename contains spaces, you're supposed to quote the filename,
not some dubious piece of text of doubtful parentage :)

Besides, the space is a legal character in a filename. Apparently, the
space was put in "Ram Disk:" specifically to help catch programs that
failed to handle spaces correctly.

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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