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Re: Files with colons under Cygwin

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 5, 2008, 09:04 UTC
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2008/10/5 Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>:
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> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:02:23PM +0200, Giovanni Funchal wrote:
>>
>> Cygwin does not allow files with colons, I think this is Windows stuff
>> one just can't avoid.
>
> At least, you cannot use colon in Win32 API. They say Windows "native"
> API has less restrictions over what symbols are not allowed in file
> names, but I guess it is still not allowed.

The part after colon in the file name specifies the identifier of an alternative data stream (so there can be multiple data sets under one name). Just another microsoft stupidity no one uses and knows about.

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  1. Giovanni FunchalOct 2, 2008
  2. Dmitry PotapovOct 4, 2008
  3. Alex RiesenOct 5, 2008
  4. Alex RiesenOct 5, 2008
  5. Dmitry PotapovOct 5, 2008
  6. Giovanni FunchalOct 5, 2008
  7. Johannes SixtOct 6, 2008
  8. Dmitry PotapovOct 7, 2008
  9. Johannes SixtOct 7, 2008
  10. Joshua JuranOct 7, 2008
  11. correct verify_path for WindowsDmitry Potapov, Oct 7, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtOct 7, 2008
  13. Dmitry PotapovOct 11, 2008
  14. Alex RiesenOct 11, 2008
  15. Dmitry PotapovOct 12, 2008
  16. Alex RiesenOct 12, 2008
  17. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2008
  18. Alex RiesenOct 13, 2008
  19. Alex RiesenOct 7, 2008

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