FileNames with the high bit set.
Michael I. Bushnell
mike at turing.UNM.EDU
Mon Apr 11 10:29:05 AEST 1988
Disallowing the high order bit in filenames was done in 4BSD. I think
the reason had something to do with printability--a desire to limit
the filesystem namespace to ASCII codes.
N u m q u a m G l o r i a D e o
Michael I. Bushnell
HASA - "A" division
14308 Skyline Rd NE Computer Science Dept.
Albuquerque, NM 87123 OR Farris Engineering Ctr.
OR University of New Mexico
mike at turing.unm.edu Albuquerque, NM 87131
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