#hubzillabug202411031212 remove non asci characters from directories

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:11:42 +0100

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od wrote the following post Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:11:48 +0100

#hubzillabug202411031212 remove non asci characters from directories

Why does the hubzilla directory contain

store/[data]

???

It is unecessary annoyance to escape square bracket ([) character

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Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:28:38 +0100

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

[ is ASCII 91

] is ASCII 93

What's the problem? The days of MS-DOS, where square brackets were forbidden in file names, are fortunately over. 😉😂

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:43:56 +0100

Alfred Bühler

abu@hub.alfredbuehler.ch

The problem might be, that these chars have special meaning in shell commands. They always have to be quoted.

ls -l store/\[data\]/

BTW, I don't see any sense in enclosing a directory name with [].

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:53:26 +0100

Harald Eilertsen

harald@hub.volse.no

@Alfred Bühler I agree, it's annoying. If we should change it, it would have to be done with care though, as it could very easily break an upgrade. Especially since we don't really have any upgrade routine apart from 'git pull'.

It would be nice though, if we could specify the data directory and config file via environment variables or so. (And fall back to the existing ones if none were specified.) That would solve it, and also enable easier multi-site setups from the same code directory.

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:54:28 +0100

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

@Alfred Bühler

They always have to be quoted.

This is not necessary with bash or fish.

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:03:57 +0100

od@zotum.net

It would be (personal opinion) better if no such characters were there

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:08:29 +0100

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

Serious question: Have there ever been serious problems because the directory contains these characters?

A changeover is not trivial and harbours compatibility problems. It should not be touched just for aesthetic reasons. (As you know: ‘don't touch...’)

There are certainly more important things that need to be changed, improved or corrected in Hubzilla.

Just my opinion...

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:14:07 +0100

Mario Vavti

mario@hub.somaton.com

The actual historical (and still relevant) reason why square brackets are used is to prevent mixing up channel directories with actual system directories. Square brackets are not allowed in the channel address.