Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Correct me - isn't Unix that OS that allows you to put *any* arbitrary 
> octet sequence into a filename so long as it doesn't contain NUL or "/"? 

Yes. This is what makes getting real production scripts really working a 
living hell on UNIX. :-)  Try to delete files more than a week old out of 
/tmp without ever giving anyone the opportunity to delete /etc/passwd, for 
example.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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