Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- Subject: Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- From: Timothy Bates <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 13:34:21 +1100
On 1/2/02 1:20 PM, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:
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The goal is that you should be able to say
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quoted form of POSIX path of f
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and have it work
May I suggest making [quoted form] an option to POSIX path? i.e.,
POSIX path of f with quoting
That way
A. the need for quoting is obvious from the dictionary entry for POSIX path
B. the method is obvious from the dictionary entry for POSIX path
C. the fact that quoted form appears nowhere in the (b2) dictionary won't
matter :-)
tim