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I don't recall a time when you could use / in Windows file or directory names.
by gothroach 7y ago
I don't recall a time when you could use / in Windows file or directory names.
- jolmg 7y agoSo Windows forbids other characters in names besides the directory separator? EDIT: Apparently: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1976007/what-characters-are-forbidden-in-windows-and-linux-directory-names#31976060 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1976007/what-characters-...
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- jonhohle 7y agoIIRC, different APIs in Windows handle special characters for filenames differently. This was probably around the Windows 98 timeframe, but I remember several instances when extracting zips (probably WAREZ) where the file that was written contained characters that Explorer couldn't handle correctly. It wouldn't allow moving those files to the Recycling Bin, but would typically allow renaming the portion before the extension. I had a collection of `zzzz.???` files for a long time.