Slashes in file names

Sean Eric Fagan sef at kithrup.COM
Thu Feb 14 20:18:53 AEST 1991


In article <1991Feb14.070512.24190 at athena.mit.edu> scs at adam.mit.edu writes:
>If the protocol doesn't include an error return of "I can't
>create a file of that name" (not surprising; <errno.h> doesn't
>define that specific error either, although it probably should),

It does.  BSD has been using EINVAL to indicate an illegal filename (8-bit
set in one or more of the characters), I believe.  Thus, I think that's the
error that should have been used, if possible.

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