From: Peter Cooper <peter@...>
Date: 2004-12-17T17:00:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Loading configuration files in an OS-agnostic way

On 17 Dec 2004, at 07:52, Gavri Savio Fernandez wrote:

> unusable as is, in Windows, because it assumed that the configuration 
> file is named .google_key and Win 2000 Professional atleast does not 
> allow '.' to be the first character of a filename.

Are you sure? That strikes me as odd, and Windows XP (which is 
essentially 2000+goodies anyway) is fine with it. Most systems I have 
encountered which are attempting to be agnostic use a period regardless 
(or a tilde, as you have).

Pete