Accessing files by inode #s

[Wayne Schlitt]

Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.44.2 of Tue Jun  2 1987 on dsndata (hpux)



> 
> My method for dealing with this sort of maverick file is to use the
> "dired" package in GnuEmacs (type <esc>-x dired).  This allows the
> user the point-and-shoot interface that makes manipulation of weird
> filenames  a piece of cake.  I have also been spoiled by this interface
> 

of course, dired doesnt handle filenames with trailing blanks like the
ones generated by our fix-field cobol friends, but...  


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Wayne Schlitt

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