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Subject:Re: File name or filename? From:Kris Olberg <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:36:37 -0700
At 01:57 PM 10/18/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Although I have a personal preference for "file name", it seems that
>"filenmae" is now the more common usage.
I am somewhat of a purist. I prefer "file name" in text. When I use it as a variable name in an example, I'll do something like this:
copy <filename>.TXT c:/junk
Almost invariably, I'll use italics for <filename> as a formatting convention for variables.
Regards...Kris
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