linux-kernel - Re: How to document dimension units for virtual files?

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Message-ID: <OFAE836F2F.99AEEBE4-ON41257220.0065E716-41257220.006655A4@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:37:45 +0100
From:	Michael Holzheu <HOLZHEU@...ibm.com>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mschwid2@...ibm.com, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: How to document dimension units for virtual files?

Henrique,

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> wrote on 11/08/2006 07:01:54
PM:
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> Please consider using ":" to separate units and other specific qualifiers
> (e.g. led colors) from the main attribute name.  This helps userspace
> applications to behave better when faced with stuff like "a_b_c:unit1"
and
> "a_b_c:unit2" at the same time.

":" is probably not a good idea.  I think it is treated by the bash as a
special
character. Try:

# touch test:ms
# ls test <press tab>
# ls test\:ms

Michael

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