Talk:Take notes on the command line: Difference between revisions
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The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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This task seems to be ASCII-centric. |
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* IBM mainframes (CMS & TSO mostly) don't use ''newline'' symbols within a file. |
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* Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. |
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* CMS systems rarely use periods in the fileIDs (they use ''filename filetype filemode''). |
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Not all file systems support the use of a period (dot) in the filename. |
Not all file systems support the use of a period (dot) in the filename. CMS for one, the file would be normally be named: '''NOTES TXT''' with an appended ''filemode'' (most often, '''A1'''). |
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<br>Lower case is supported, but it's not recommended for ease-of-use. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
<br>Lower case is supported, but it's not recommended for ease-of-use. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 19:19, 2 March 2013
Clarify task
I think the task description implicitly suggests that if a local NOTES.TXT file does not currently exist, and NOTES is called with arguments, then a new NOTES.TXT file should be created with the current time and those arguments. If that is the intention it would be useful to make this explicit in the task description.--Tikkanz 00:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
- Your guess is correct. Feel free to correct it if you so desire or else wait till I've got time --Axtens 03:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
use of newline
Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded newline. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? -- Gerard Schildberger 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
The same is true of a tab character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- Gerard Schildberger 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
This task seems to be ASCII-centric.
- IBM mainframes (CMS & TSO mostly) don't use newline symbols within a file.
- Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system.
- CMS systems rarely use periods in the fileIDs (they use filename filetype filemode).
-- Gerard Schildberger 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Not all file systems support the use of a period (dot) in the filename. CMS for one, the file would be normally be named: NOTES TXT with an appended filemode (most often, A1).
Lower case is supported, but it's not recommended for ease-of-use. -- Gerard Schildberger 19:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC)