Hi, Rob.

-=> Rob Landley spaketh unto Peter Hansen <=-

 RL> In unix, the period is considered a normal part of the filename.  Thus
 RL> you can have two distinct files called "spam" and "spam."

Granted.

 RL> In OS/2, under HPFS, I believe it works like unix.

'Fraid not -- watch this:

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[F:\emx\doc]copy con ThisIsATest.
Just testing...^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

[F:\emx\doc]dir t*

The volume label in drive F is PROGRAMMING.
The Volume Serial Number is 6617:1C14.
Directory of F:\emx\doc

20-03-95   6:03p        15           0  ThisIsATest
        1 file(s)         15 bytes used
                    21492736 bytes free
---

Notice no trailing . on the directory listing. Then this:

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[F:\emx\doc]type ThisIsATest.
Just testing...
[F:\emx\doc]type ThisIsATest
Just testing...
---

It looks like OS/2 (or maybe cmd.exe) strips trailing dots in the same way
it folds case in filenames.

Andrew.

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