Re: Problems naming files with equation names
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- Subject: [mg80056] Re: Problems naming files with equation names
- From: Albert <awnl at arcor.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:16:53 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <f9emgp$kuk$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
> I'd like to be able to name files and the directories I create with equation names such as:
>
> (z^2-z^3)^{-1/3}
>
> However this file name is invalid.
Invalid for what? Whether this can be accepted by a program as a
filename depends on the OS and filesystem you are using. In most cases
you are asking for trouble using all these special characters in
filenames (especially / is a bad choice on most Unix systems, among them
OSX and * is also a nice candidate for funny side effects on almost
every OS I have worked with). Even if you find an OS/FS/program
combination that accepts what you want you might get problems whenever
there is the need to handle these files with something else, and
something else could be the backup software of your choice, the anti
virus program your boss wants you to install, a file archiver program or
your email client...
> Is there any type of utility I can use to name files this way? The ideal solution would be to name like the above and then have the File/Open menu display all the file names and directories in Standard Form. I'm not familiar with WorkBench. Would that help?
I doubt that there is a utility which would achieve this. I'm not sure
because I haven't tried it, but I think this is so out of scope of
workbenchs purpose that I don't even bother to try...
I have no idea what you want to achieve, but for the above reasons I
would strongly suggest to find other ways to do what you want. If you
would tell us what that is, you might get tips on how to achieve it...
hth,
albert