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Leading spaces are common, actually

Leading spaces are common, actually

Posted Nov 15, 2009 0:32 UTC (Sun) by yuhong (guest, #57183)
In reply to: Leading spaces are common, actually by barryn
Parent article: Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames

"Classic Mac OS loads files in /System Folder/Extensions in lexicographic
order, and the load order matters, and the leading space trick is used very
frequently there. "
Yep, look at what they had to do about this when Apple introduced HFS+ in Mac
OS 8.1:
http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/technotes/t...
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http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/technotes/t...


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