Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to stdin)

On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 05:57:12 -0000 (UTC)
gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) gabbled:

   2) Spaces in filenames are pretty much a necessity from the end-user

No they're not.

    b) The way VFAT does it (and NTFS emulates) - where, for any
file with a long name, there is an 8.3 filename (usually
with weird characters in the filename) as well, and either
filename is usable by programs.  This is one place where I
think Windows really gets it right (and Unix could learn
from it).

No, just no. The windows "solution" is a hideous hack only required for
backwards compatability.