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Re: Patch for zip to deal with dos paths
At 05:09 28-6-2001, Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
># For what it's worth. Here's a patch to zip that fixes
>[...]
># Of course, this breaks the feature of using NTFS streams with a single
># character file name. ;-)
>
>Would it be possible to have a command-line switch to select
>which behavior is desired? Of course, that leaves the issue
>of which should be the default.
Note the smiley. ;-)
I wouldn't bother fixing it at all. If anyone is stupid enough to use a
single character file name with streams (e.g. "c:1", they'll have so many
problems, they won't even get around to zipping it. (Most native Windows
and cygwin apps will get confused.)
(Has anyone in the world *ever* used NTFS streams seriously, I wonder...)
- Michael
PS: I guess I was naive in hoping that this patch would end all discussions. :-)
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