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Re: Extending Posix filenames (short)
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Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:46:00 P
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Mark Bixby said:

>1) The POSIX shell, utilities, and API should all support
>the new Unix-style file names.

>2) HPFOPEN should support Unix-style names.

>3) There doesn't have to be *any* other support on the MPE
>side except for  :FILE equates.  If you want to use Unix-style
>names from MPE, then you must  :FILE first and then
>backreference the :FILE.

That sounds like the optimum solution to me:  Access
from MPE if you want it;  no MPE "clutter" if you don't....
BOBW;  YOMV.

Ken Sletten

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