Received: from spf3.us4.outblaze.com (spf3.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.25]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9J0iD1F029195 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:44:18 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf3.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA45537CC for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:44:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiAv-0002DD-16 for migo@homemail.com; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:48:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiAY-0002D7-UR for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:48:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiAY-0002Cv-FS for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:48:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiAY-0002Cs-CV for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:48:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJi2n-0004GS-1J for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:40:05 -0400 Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CJi2m-0001JT-Mj; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:40:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:40:04 -0400 To: John Meinel Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File naming conventions Message-ID: <20041019004004.GC3264@fencepost> References: <1098074588.29545.40.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <1098092294.5219.8.camel@johannes> <20041018181822.GD9196@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> <8D7869BC-213A-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <1098141434.19575.42.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <20041018233511.GA31642@fencepost> <0D336108-2162-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <20041019002621.GA3264@fencepost> <41745FDF.2000907@johnmeinel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41745FDF.2000907@johnmeinel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Cc: arch , Zenaan Harkness , Dustin Sallings , Miles Bader X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 992 Lines: 28 On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 07:29:19PM -0500, John Meinel wrote: > >Slightly off-topic, but xargs doesn't have any problem with typical > >whitespace in file names; the main issue is _newlines_ in filenames. > > Isn't this only true if you used the -0 flag? No. Think about it -- why would xargs have problems with whitespace? It uses newline-separated records as its input (so other whitespace is fine), and it uses execv or whatever to invoke its command (which uses an argv interface for arguments, and so has no problems with whitespace, or newlines for that matter). The -0 flag solves the newline problem (if you use a file-name generating tool that knows about it). -Miles -- Next to fried food, the South has suffered most from oratory. -- Walter Hines Page _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/