Jaguar/Windows networking: forbidden characters in file names

cygsidcygsid
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
why is it that Jaguar won't let me copy files with characters like ',;&[]' to a Windows share, even though I can create files/folders with those supposedly forbidden characters perfectly fine on my (Windows 2000) PC? (error -43)

Is it that some older version of Windows did not support those characters and so OS X only accepts the least common denominator?

This is very annoying when copying mp3 files over (for backup purposes).



I am also getting error -120. Any idea about that one? Thanks.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    mactechmactech Posts: 31member
    Those are illegal characters on Windows. If they let you create a folder with those, then it is a bug.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    [quote]Originally posted by MacTech:

    <strong>Those are illegal characters on Windows. If they let you create a folder with those, then it is a bug.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    No, the illegal windows characters are



    \\ / : * ? " &lt; &gt; |



    I suppose SMB won't allow you to use characters like , though.
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