Kill unix

I like them. You fuck off.

Seems like 8-bit FAT allows it as long as it's not in the first byte and HFS can handle it (but discourages it). There are others on the list, but those are two I've checked specifically. It actually says very early Unix did allow null bytes in filenames - I wonder what's up with that?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Comparison_of_filename_limitations
There is no inherent problem with null bytes. There is an inherent problem with null bytes in strings in C, but that's just because C doesn't have real strings. There have been languages with robust strings both before and after C.

Everything is confusing for brainlets.

The only gripes of Unix I hear is from Millennials who want to shit on raw efficient perfection for "feels like it works better".

It is like they sit in a finely tuned racing car built by a better generation, then bitch about it not having a coffee maker.

"How can UNIX not handle these filenames? If I name a file like this commands fail to work! This is a bug of the UNIX system!"

"How can a car NOT have a coffee maker? If I drive with coffee in my lap I can burn myself! This is a failure in the car design!"

No it's a failure in your driving capabilities. Go get a clown car with coffee holder.

excuse the unintentional R​eddit spacing

No shit.

What did "good luck handling NULL on any FS" mean? Maybe I just misunderstood.

You mean Tcl

misunderstood what? if you put a NULL before the logical end of the string, the string will be abridged. good luck handling it.

Only if you at some level use a language with bad string handling.
Like I showed, there are filesystems and operating systems without that restriction, and even early Unix didn't have that restriction - probably before it was written in C.
Handling NULL bytes in filenames is pretty much impossible on Unix, but I think that was the point of the post you were replying to. That's Unix's fault. It's pretty much a leaking implementation detail.

ITT: pro-Mac OS X shills vs anti-Mac OS X shills (windows cucks)


So true. You sound as relevant as a Welsh Nationalist.