Re: ntfs naming conventions

On Sep 15, 2009, at 22:34, Andras Igneczi wrote:

> It is not so important, I think, but the subversion can't create or
> use
> folders ending with space, like that: " aaaa ". I think, the ntfs
> doesn't prohibit the space at the begin and the end of the names.
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100108/en)
>
> Operating system: windows xp full servicepacked
> subversion version: 1.6.5
> compiler: microsoft vs 2005
> filesystem: ntfs

I don't know. Wikipedia says filenames may not end with a space or a
period on Windows (making no distinction based on filesystem):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words

I presume you have files with such names in your repository and are
experiencing problems checking it out on Windows? What error message
do you see?

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Received on 2009-09-16 05:50:19 CEST