Re: [WinMac] Illegal characters in filenames

Darryl Lee(lee[at]darryl.com)
Fri, 21 May 1999 13:50:34 -0500

> User A has a Mac and a '95 workstation.
>
> User B has an NT workstation.
>
> User A saves a Mac file with a '/' in the filename on a network NT server.
>
> User A can't find the file on the network server on the '95WS. (I understand
> this part.)
>
> User B, it is claimed, can access the file on his NT workstation. (I don't
> get this.)

When the Mac saves the file on the NT server, i believe the / gets
saved as a block (not in the character set). But it's still
accessible.

Maybe NT can deal with bad characters better than 95? i wouldn't
doubt it.

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Darryl Lee <lee@darryl.com> | Geek? Who me? <http://www.darryl.com>


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