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Re: How to make a directory name with '/' in it?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: How to make a directory name with '/' in it? |
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Mon, 17 May 2010 08:20:02 -0600 |
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On 05/16/2010 09:51 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2010, Peng Yu wrote:
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>> I tried the following command to create a dir with '/' in the name.
>> But it only create a directory with name 'm'. Is there a way to make a
>> directory with '/' in the name?
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>> mkdir m\/\/
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> There are two characters that cannot be in a file or directory
> name: / and NUL.
And the Austin Group (the people in charge of POSIX) are considering
adding a third forbidden byte in the next revision of POSIX: the newline
character. Help in formulating that adjustment to the standard would be
appreciated on the austin group lists (membership is free).
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Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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