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ivanjt · 12-28-2011, 04:29 PM

Way back in the dim and distant past, when computing was beginning the operating system kernel had a series of reserved characters /\?%*:¦"<.> and when they were found in a file name the OS considered them as instructions to do something.

For a full listing see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename

There are also various other control characters that should not be used or strange results may follow.

12-28-2011, 04:29 PM	#4
ivanjt Guru Posts: 858 Karma: 1027478 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South of France Device: kindle dx; eDGe	Way back in the dim and distant past, when computing was beginning the operating system kernel had a series of reserved characters /\?%:¦"<.> and when they were found in a file name the OS considered them as instructions to do something. For a full listing see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename There are also various other control characters that should not be used or strange results may follow. Last edited by ivanjt; 12-28-2011 at 04:33 PM.*