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Re: Still testing needed: New passwd/group AD/SAM integration


On Apr 10 16:21, Warren Young wrote:
> On 4/10/2014 14:20, Eric Blake wrote:
> >is BOUND to go wrong.  The expression
> >
> >~a/b/file
> >
> >is NOT requesting 'file' within user 'a/b's home, but 'b/file' within
> >user 'a's home.
> 
> Excellent point.
> 
> Doesn't that also argue against backslash, due to the DLL's attempts
> to automatically cope with DOS paths?
> 
> Once you exclude all characters that neither the shell nor the DLL
> nor Windows will interpret specially, what's left?  According to
> TLDP[*], nothing.
> 
> Soooo....emoji?  :)

Or Non-breaking-space...


Corinna

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