Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU (02/21/91)
> >On a related note: The !Index file at UMMTS.CC.UMICH.EDU has > >finally been updated after two years. Much thanks goes out to > >the people who spent many hours helping me put this together. > > One comment, How about getting rid of those pesky '!' in the filenames. > My Unix shell doesn't like them. I can only access the files after > DLing by using wildcards, such as *Index instead of !Index. > Sorry, no can do. That's the standard char we use to differentiate between regular files in the archives and the archive maintenance files. But, you can always type GET "!Index" and your Unix system will pass the line on exactly to the other file system as per the RFC. > -- > +---------------------------S-U-P-P-O-R-T-----------------------------------+ > |/ Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II \| > |> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! <| > |\ timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> /| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd A. Bakal Coming soon: U of M Apple User's Group a new, improved Ann Arbor, Michigan tested, UN*X archive Internet: Tabakal@ub.cc.umich.edu FTP: ummts.cc.umich.edu BITnet: UserTBKL@UMICHUB 35.1.1.43 UUCP: ...!uunet!ub.cc.umich.edu!tabakal CD PC5:
knauer@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase) (02/22/91)
Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes: [and before that, Tim meekins wrote:] >> One comment, How about getting rid of those pesky '!' in the filenames. >> My Unix shell doesn't like them. I can only access the files after >> DLing by using wildcards, such as *Index instead of !Index. >Sorry, no can do. That's the standard char we use to differentiate >between regular files in the archives and the archive maintenance files. Todd, did you ever work for the Department of Motor Vehicles? :-) Either the differentiation is done by humans, in which case you can change the character to something more unix-friendly, or it's machine-differentiated, in which case you can change (if it's well-written) ONE CHARACTER and switch to something more unix-friendly. Other than the fact that ! has a special meaning under most shells, I guess there's nothing formally preventing you from using it with the new archive under Unix; besides, you'll quickly become a whiz at all the nuances of quoting metacharacters in the shell. Hope it doesn't interfere too much with getting work done. :) >But, you can always type GET "!Index" and your Unix system will pass the >line on exactly to the other file system as per the RFC. Also, if you specify a filename after the name of the file you're getting, ftp will save it under that filename locally. Better yet, just type get "!Index" " | more" or get "!Index" " | grep -i TelcomGS" and don't bother saving the list on your local machine at all... >>Tim Meekins > Todd A. Bakal Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Robert C. Knauerhase "Since the day the Apple III (RIP) was introduced U of Ill @ Urbana-Champaign in 1980, the 'experts' have been saying the Apple Dept. of Computer Science II is a dead machine. If the Apple III couldn't knauer@cs.uiuc.edu kill it, the Lisa (RIP) or the PC Jr. (RIP) or the rck@ces.cwru.edu 128K Mac (RIP) would. Some people never learn." knauer@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov -- Tom Weishaar
jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner) (02/22/91)
In article <7753368@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes: > [...] > > > > One comment, How about getting rid of those pesky '!' in the filenames. > > My Unix shell doesn't like them. I can only access the files after > > DLing by using wildcards, such as *Index instead of !Index. > > > >But, you can always type GET "!Index" and your Unix system will pass the >line on exactly to the other file system as per the RFC. > > Todd A. Bakal Coming soon: Or you can escape the !'s with a \ which works just fine for me (csh user). The neat thing about Unix is there is always more than one way to do some- thing, unlike some other computers and operating systems. -- ------------- Jerry Penner alberta!bode!jpenne Edmonton, Alberta, Canada