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.
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Received on 2009-09-22 15:35:34 CEST