[Techtalk] backup - tar

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 02/09/04 11:00 -0700, Akkana Peck wrote:
> Don't forget that lots of files start with non-alphanumeric
> characters.  '.', for example.  For a backup, be sure to include all
> printable ascii characters which can be part of a filename (not '/').

Actually, everything except '/' and NUL can legally be part of a
filename on a Unix filesystem.
The '/' because it is a directory separator, and NUL because it marks the
end of a char * (aka string for those who aren't familiar with C).

Devdas Bhagat