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Subject: Re: How to show file name extensions
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:51:16 GMT
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Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Michelle Konzack (starone AT cybercable DOT fr) wrote:
> : you can solv the Notepad and File-Extension problem
> : while adding a Point '.' after the last character.
>
> : If you want to save the file 'myfile.c' type in the SAVE
> : dialog 'myfile.c.' . It works propperly.
>
> : I had the problem in WfW 3.11 if I like to save files
> : without an extension like'myfile' so I must SAVE it with
> : 'myfile.'.
>
> Well, works properly would mean you'd get a file called "myfile.c.",
> i. e. _with_ a terminating ".". So this seems just like another bug.

    It's more like a 'feature' left over from the 8.3 days.  That was used to
specify no extension at all, because the '.' was implicit in 8.3 names
anyways.  If you want to actually use a filename that ends in a '.' you must
include the filename in quotes.


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