[Virtualacorn-list] File Names

[Mik Towse]

I've been cleaning up my drives recently, getting rid of junk & ensuring my
backups are the latest versions. I have 2 HDDs setup, HardDisk5 being used to
store archive material.

I was sorting my DTP programs & was adding the latest OPro to my archive, but
when I checked the directory "DTP, etc" (sic) I was presented with a text
file of 0 bytes. First thght was that I lost 20Mb of programs.

Fortunately, when I moved my VRPC from my old Riscbook to a new RiscCube2, I
left the VPRC drives on the laptop as 'insurance'. So under Windows I copied
the folder to a pendrive. However, when I accessed the parent folder I was
surprised to find that 'lost' directory was intact. Hm...

After a moments thought, I removed the comma from the name, refreshed RISC OS
& the directory displayed.

I suspect I created this directory long before VRPC was born & commas were
used to 'hide' the filetype. Obviously, 'etc' can never be a valid filetype,
which is why, I presume, VRPC presented a null file to me.

Phew, scare over & lesson learnt!

As an aside, why does Windows call its directories 'folders' when to display
them under DOS used a DIR command? :-/

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