blank as last character in a file name extension?

[toddburch]

I was editing a ruby script in TextWrangler. I did a CMD+S to save it. I typed the file name in, and inadvertently added a space character as the last character after the .rb before I clicked SAVE. It took!!

Is this normal? I tried loading the ruby script 3 seconds after the save, and it would not load. It wasn't until I figured out there was a blank after the ".rb " (5 minutes later) that I was able to load it.

I've only been using a Mac since last December, and in the 27 years I've been working with computers, this is the firt time I've EVER seen this behavior. Yuk!!

Todd

(Tiger 10.4.10, TextWrangler 2.2.1)

 

[toddburch]

Apparently, on *nix systems, blanks are indeed significant at the front end and back end of a file name.

Todd

 

[TBi]

Apparently, on *nix systems, blanks are indeed significant at the front end and back end of a file name.

Todd

Yes you are right, try adding a space in front of a file name and getting windows to even look at it. Throws a fit every time.