Re: [WinMac] re: Burning CD on PC w/ Mac charset in filenames

Changhsu P. Liu(cpl874[at]optimum.com)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:12:59 -0400

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>There is a product called HyCD which can create an HFS or Hybrid HFS/ISO
disk on a PC. It is not nearly as capable as Toast, and you will >not be
able to use file names which are illegal in windows, such as those
containing /'s or \'s, or illegal on Mac such as those containing
:'s. >That is good though. If you are working in a cross platform
environment, the first thing you need is a naming convention that works for
all >platforms.

If you intend to have files accessed on PC, don't use any illegal names (to
Windows). I once made a mistake to put important files/folders with a *
ending, and all of them were not openable on PC that I had to make another
CD with correction. It's strange that PC doesn't allow "?" for a filename
which is a very good symbol for files unknown... I can understand why "/"
or "\" is not allowed but I cannot understand some other other symbols not
being allowed (e.g., <, >, :, |, *).

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