[WinMac] Illegal characters [WAS: NT server and Mac]
Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 17:19:52 -0500
Dear Ingmar (and everyone else):
Ingmar makes an *excellent* point!
Here are a few more characters to avoid in naming files and
folders/directories:
Beginning with a period, i.e. ".sony" -- This is reserved for Mac driver
files;
Beginning with an "Option-Space" -- This is sort of a "foreign character"
in windows;
-> Spaces in folder names -- This one is a bit tricky because although they
are supposedly legal in Windows NT, it can *still* choke the Registry if
that directory is entered in there.
[I was tipped off to this issue by DIGITAL's FX!32 team with the "X86
System32" directory. In an early version of the FX!32 translation software
this directory was called out in the Registry without quotes, and this
caused problems at times. **This is important because the root level of
MacFile directories are also called out in the Registry.**]
Cheers!
Dan
At 10:28 PM 11/23/98 +0100, Ingmar Hemsen wrote:
>One thing is what characters are forbidden in filenames, another is what is
>wise. The OS won't accept illegal characters, but worse are those that are
>accepted by the OS.
>
>I would be cautious about "extended ascii" including characters like
>ÆØÅÉÑÖÄÜ etc. Those might not show up right on your side, which is my
>point..
>
>In Norway it is a problem with some backup packages that skip files and
>entire trees of folders in folders with Norwegian characters in their name.
>Do some tests before giving that "Impørtant database" folder such name.
>Also, does the filenames show up correctly on both Mac and PC clients?
>
>Ingmar
>
>
>>Subject: FW: NT server and Mac
>>From: "Nishimura, Scott" <Scott.Nishimura@trw.com>
>>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:11:33 -0800
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>>Michael,
>>
>>The forbidden characters are:
>>
>>/ forward slash
>>
>>\ backward slash
>>
>>: colon
>>
>>* asterisk
>>
>>? question mark
>>
>>" double-quote
>>
>>< less than sign
>>
>>> greater than sign
>>
>>| pipe symbol
>>
>
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