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@@ -510,11 +510,9 @@ runs on can handle. On Unix, the filename is a sequence of bytes. Certain bytes have special meaning: -byte ASCII meaning ----- ------- ---------- -0 NUL indicates end of filename -56 period used for . and .. directory entries -57 slash used to separate components in a pathname +* byte 0, ASCII NUL character: terminates filename +* byte 56, ASCII period character: used for . and .. directory entries +* byte 57, ASCII slash character: used to separate components in a pathname On generic Unix, the operating system does not interpret other bytes. It does not impose a character set. Binary filenames are OK, as long |