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File naming specifications / Invalid file name
I am wondering where I can find a list of characters that are not allowed for
Windows naming conventions. If someone knows what the invalid characters are or where I can find them please let me know. I need a complete list. |
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File naming specifications / Invalid file name
Can't pledge this as gospel, but it is VSS/UNC listed as illegal:
Dollar sign ($) At sign (@) Angle brackets ( ), brackets ([ ]), braces ({ }), and parentheses (( )) Colon ( and semicolon ( Equal sign (=) Caret sign (^) Pipe (vertical bar) (|) Asterisk (*) Exclamation point (!) Forward (/) and backward slash (\) Percent sign (%) Question mark (?) Comma (,) Quotation mark (single or double) (' ") Tab HTH |:) "HRM" wrote: I am wondering where I can find a list of characters that are not allowed for Windows naming conventions. If someone knows what the invalid characters are or where I can find them please let me know. I need a complete list. |
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File naming specifications / Invalid file name
FWIW, Word (Windows 2000) has no problem with commas, quotes, or
parentheses. The character that most often causes problems for unwary users is the forward slash. For those of us accustomed to writing dates as 10/17/05, it takes a while to get used to writing 10-17-05 instead. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Can't pledge this as gospel, but it is VSS/UNC listed as illegal: Dollar sign ($) At sign (@) Angle brackets ( ), brackets ([ ]), braces ({ }), and parentheses (( )) Colon ( and semicolon ( Equal sign (=) Caret sign (^) Pipe (vertical bar) (|) Asterisk (*) Exclamation point (!) Forward (/) and backward slash (\) Percent sign (%) Question mark (?) Comma (,) Quotation mark (single or double) (' ") Tab HTH |:) "HRM" wrote: I am wondering where I can find a list of characters that are not allowed for Windows naming conventions. If someone knows what the invalid characters are or where I can find them please let me know. I need a complete list. |
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File naming specifications / Invalid file name
This does help. I also found something on google. I will combine the two to
form some basic rules until we can get a notification built in. Thanks for your help. I also posted the other rules I found for anyone else who might be needed help. If anyone knows if Microsoft has this info posted somewhere, please, let me know! General rules for applications creating names for directories and files or processing names supplied by the user include the following: a.. Use any character in the current code page for a name, but do not use a path separator, a character in the range 0 through 31, or any character explicitly disallowed by the file system. A name can contain characters in the extended character set (128€“255). b.. Use the backslash (\), the forward slash (/), or both to separate components in a path. No other character is acceptable as a path separator. Note that UNC names must adhere to the following format: \\server\share. c.. Use a period (.) as a directory component in a path to represent the current directory. d.. Use two consecutive periods (..) as a directory component in a path to represent the parent of the current directory. e.. Use a period (.) to separate the base file name from the extension in a directory name or file name. f.. Do not use the following characters in directory names or file names, because they are reserved: : " / \ | g.. Do not use device names, such as aux, con, lpt1, and prn, as file names or directory names. h.. Process a path as a null-terminated string. The maximum length for a path, including a trailing backslash, is given by MAX_PATH. The Unicode versions of several functions permit paths that exceed the MAX_PATH length if the path has the "\\?\" prefix. The "\\?\" tells the function to turn off path parsing. However, each component in the path cannot be more than MAX_PATH characters long. Use the "\\?\" prefix with paths for local storage devices and the "\\?\UNC\" prefix with paths having the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format. The "\\?\" is ignored as part of the path. For example, "\\?\C:\myworld\private" is seen as "C:\myworld\private", and "\\?\UNC\bill_g_1\hotstuff\coolapps" is seen as "\\bill_g_1\hotstuff\coolapps". i.. Do not assume case sensitivity. Consider names such as OSCAR, Oscar, and oscar to be the same. j.. The following reserved words cannot be used as the name of a file: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. Also, reserved words followed by an extension€”for example, NUL.tx7€”are invalid file names. By following the rules listed in this section, an application can create valid names for files and directories regardless of the file system in use. Backslashes (\) are used as element dividers in paths (dividing the file name from the path to it, or directories from one another in a path). You cannot use them in file or directory names. They may be required as part of volume names (for example, "C:\"). "CyberTaz" wrote: Can't pledge this as gospel, but it is VSS/UNC listed as illegal: Dollar sign ($) At sign (@) Angle brackets ( ), brackets ([ ]), braces ({ }), and parentheses (( )) Colon ( and semicolon ( Equal sign (=) Caret sign (^) Pipe (vertical bar) (|) Asterisk (*) Exclamation point (!) Forward (/) and backward slash (\) Percent sign (%) Question mark (?) Comma (,) Quotation mark (single or double) (' ") Tab HTH |:) "HRM" wrote: I am wondering where I can find a list of characters that are not allowed for Windows naming conventions. If someone knows what the invalid characters are or where I can find them please let me know. I need a complete list. |
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