[MacPerl] Re: OT dot files

["Doug McNutt" <dmcnutt@macnauchtan.com>]

>> >I've been told that names starting with . on Mac OS are bad, but I forget
>> >why.  I can say that I don't recall ever running into any problems with .
>> >files.

.AOUT, .BIN and the like are still used when talking to the serial drivers
on machines that still have serial ports.

Norton utilities used to complain about starting filenames with a dot and
recommend, but not insist, that you change them.

What really bugs me though is filenames that include a return character like
"icon\n' for folders and disks with a special icon. I haven't seen a
filename with a null character in it, but I believe it's perfectly possible
so long as you don't insist on C strings. Can one work with a null in a
regular expression in Perl?

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