Thread: Why calibre transforms " : " and " .. " into just " _ "??. File name
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Old 07-31-2018, 07:35 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Latios View Post
It is actually possible to create a file with " .. " in the file name in windows.
Calibre can run on Windows, MacOS, and Linux; each of which support several file systems, and they in turn have varying file/folder naming conventions, some of which are user configurable. One of those file systems does not allow '..' in file and folder names - I can't recall which one.

Another consideration is that calibre libraries should be portable between different Operating System and File System combinations.

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