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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) |