ansi c and directories

[mcdonald at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu]

>vm/cms file names don't include spaces, but have three parts.  ms/dos
>file names do include spaces, but limit the type specifier to three
>mono-case characters.  rt/11 has radix-50 file names packed into 6
>bytes each with a very limited set of characters.  somehow i don't
>think there is much room left in there for a standard.  
>[plus VMS oddities - JDM]

*****THEN WHY IS THERE SUPPORT FOR FILES IN STANDARD C???????*******

You haven't even MENTIONED directories - only files.


Doug McDonald