Concerning Re: ntfs naming conventions
Andy Levy wrote on 22 Sep 2009, 9:34, at least in part:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:17, Jan Hendrik
> <list.jan.hendrik_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Concerning Re: ntfs naming
> conventions > Talden wrote on 17 Sep 2009, 12:41, at least in part: >
> >> > From MSDN ->File Names, Paths, and Namespaces page >> >
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx): >> >
> >> > "...Do not end a file or directory name with a trailing space or
> a >> > period. Although the underlying file system may support such
> names, >> > the operating system does not. However, it is acceptable
> to start a >> > name with a period." >> >> re: start with a period...
> except in explorer (XP at least) which, if >> you try to name a new
> folder '.svn', tells you 'You must type a file >> name.' > > You're
> right, in W2K, too. Yet not if you use a filemanager; Total >
> Commander has no problem creating a new folder '.xxx'.
>
> It's not the OS imposing the limit as was noted earlier (the APIs &
> filesystem support it) - it's Windows Explorer setting this arbitrary
> rule.
Did I write anything to the contrary?
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Received on 2009-09-22 15:43:00 CEST