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Re: Re: Cleanup Bug: Wrong filename syntax

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:07:25 -0500

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:52, Alexander Panek
<Alexander.Panek_at_kurier.at> wrote:
>>>> Dale McCoy <dalestan_at_gmail.com> 2/21/2011 4:20 >>>
>> The pipe is an invalid filename character under Windows. Somehow you
>> got a filename in that shouldn't exist.
>
> The file came directly from a Linux webserver via `svn import` - it's a
> file
> automatically generated by the legacy backend software. The working
> copy
> also lies on a Linux machine, accessed on the Windows stations via
> Samba.
>
>> I'm not sure what the correct resolution is, but I'd try a rename
> via
>> the Repo Browser, and then, if updating still fails, check out a
> clean
>> working copy.
>
> Unfortunately, that's not an option as some pieces of code depend on
> it.
>
> So if I understand it correctly, the error message is actually
> triggered by
> Windows not being able to access that path due to an invalid
> character?

Correct. There are invalid characters in every OS/environment, and
they differ between the environments.

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