"A. Vreugdenhil" <AVreugdenhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B45EFCD0-8035-4F4F-912C-B380683A417D@microsoft.com...
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> Windows explorer worked... on Vista now that I think of it.
> I wonder what would happen if you copy something containing that period
> from
> a normal network share?
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> "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
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>> Don't think you have much control about this.
>> Have you figure out how it was created? I can't create it via command
>> prompt/windows explorer/ftp.exe
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bernard Cheah
>> http://www.iis.net/
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>>
>>
>> "A. Vreugdenhil" <AVreugdenhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:3B75F635-22E1-43F1-9B4B-92A494453CF4@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > Thanks for the info. This helped me understand the problem.
>> >
>> > But now for the next problem: How do I stop people from creating
>> > dirnames
>> > with trailing periods if windows itself fakes allowing it?
>> >
>> > I guess I'll have to make use of that crude workaround myself too.
>> > Any idea how it works or where I can find that info?
>> >
>> >
>> > ".._.." wrote:
>> >
>> >> The allowed characters in folder names and file names are different
>> >> from
>> >> Unix to Windows.
>> >>
>> >> To make interoperablity, you need to follow BOTH of the standards with
>> >> all
>> >> files and folders.
>> >>
>> >> "." is an illegal character for the end of a folder name in the
>> >> underlying
>> >> file system for Windows. The GUI will let you do it, but it's using a
>> >> crude
>> >> work around to display the "."
>> >>
>> >> For best results, use numbers, letters, underscores, and dashes for
>> >> folder
>> >> names. NO SPACES. Use ALL lower case letters (Unix is case
>> >> sensitive,
>> >> Windows is not.) Use three or four letter file extensions, or no file
>> >> extension. Use a single dot to differentiate the file extension from
>> >> the
>> >> file name. Do not use more than one dot, do not use punctuation, etc.
>> >>
>> >> "A. Vreugdenhil" <AVreugdenhil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:4AF22B61-2A87-4765-A3CB-ABFC97D3ABE0@microsoft.com...
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, I noticed all that too.
>> >> > Isn't it strange?
>> >> > I'm writing a script that copies stuff to another server, but now it
>> >> > seems
>> >> > I
>> >> > can never upload perfectly valid dirs if their names end with a
>> >> > period
>> >> > :(
>> >> >
>> >> > At least two clients just create the given dir, but when you start
>> >> > uploading
>> >> > the contents the dirs has not been created but an entirely different
>> >> > dir
>> >> > has.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this a bug or what???
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I tested with w2k3, it won't allows me to create 'test.' directoy
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> 'test,' is acceptable.
>> >> >> if windows detects that a period is and the end, it truncate it
>> >> >> making
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> 'test' only for the folder name.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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