naming files .. in abiword or OOcal or where ever

HaJo Schatz hajo at hajo.net
Mon Dec 6 16:34:21 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 15:19, Terry R. Grier wrote:
> ...Hello.
> 
> I am used to name my files under XP this way.
> 
> 'terry.whatever.month.day.year'
> I would separate with the '.' ... and it apears in certain programs that 
> the '.' makes programs think that after the '.' that is the ext. and 
> that I am saving the file incorrectly. ....

dots are perfectly valid characters for filenames. If a certain app can
not handle such filenames correctly then the app is faulty and a
bugreport should be filed to the authors.

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