Re: QOUTES

From: Stephane CHAZELAS (this.address_at_is.invalid)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:17:48 +0000

2005-01-14, 16:03(+00), Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner:
> Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try using scp to copy files containing colons.
>
> OK, that's a good one. I hadn't tried that. Also, elvis doesn't
> like saving files with colons (vim and Solaris vi don't have a problem
> with it). There are probably more programs that have problems too.
[...]

You can't have a home directory or a login shell with a colon in
its name (think of /etc/passwd). 

-- 
Stephane