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Re: OT pondering (WAS: Re: Trailing Periods on File Names)

To: jmerz42 at earthlink dot net
Subject: Re: OT pondering (WAS: Re: Trailing Periods on File Names)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 14:15:43 -0500
CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
References: <4.3.1.2.20010405144831.021f9008@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <3ACCC15F.20606@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Earnie Boyd <cygwin at cygwin dot com>

Jonathon Merz wrote:
> 
> I agree with that, having seen this before, but I am curious... It seems that
> such functionality did not get there by accident (I cannot think of a way to
> ignore characters in a filename without some _extra_ coding), so it must have
> been done for some purpose.  Yet I cannot for the life of me imagine what
> benefit this produces, or what fault it would circumvent.  Anyone have ideas
> as to this?
> 

Try this on for size
  gcc -o helloworld. helloworld.c

Earnie.

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References:
- Re: Trailing Periods on File Names
  - From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
- OT pondering (WAS: Re: Trailing Periods on File Names)
  - From: Jonathon Merz

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