Hi And then sometimes a \ means "continued on the next line". Maybe in some files it means "count what's after this as a comment".
Hauling stuff back and forth between OS's is a pain. If you use a Linux box for timing data collection, and do the processing on a Windows machine - things can get break in a lot of odd ways. Bob -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Hal Murray Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:57 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Back slash in URLs > Both slashes work fine for me! There are two areas that I know of that lead to horrible confusion between Windows and Unix systems and users. Both involve strange characters in file names. One is \, the other is space. Unix/Linux systems use \ for magic in command line parsers and scripts. That is \* means a literal * rather than all the files in the right context. (So does "*".) The other problem is spaces. If you are using a GUI, spaces aren't much of a problem. But if you cut/paste, they don't work unless you are sharp enough to notice the problem and put "s around them or some other workaround. It's much simpler to use _ or - rather than space if you have a multi word filename. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.