Daniel James wrote:
>> The only thing I can see is the <F1>. Will this cause a problem?
>>     
>
> I would expect so, considering that > and < have special meanings in the
> bash shell. For example, attempt to create a file with <F1> in the name:
>
> dan...@64studio:~$ touch <F1>test
> bash: F1: No such file or directory
>   

Using the correct syntax handling this special characters shouldn't be 
an issue for any application: $ touch \<F1\>
File names are allowed to use any sign excepted the /, NUL, * and ? in 
Linux file names. I don't know any trick to handle the - as first sign 
for a file name:

$ ls -al
-rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse-sudo spinymouse-sudo 5 2010-05-14 11:35 -n

E.g. try to run $ cat ;). It might be better not to use the - as first sign.

Apart from that I couldn't find information about forbidden signs for 
Linux file names. If < and > aren't allowed when using Ardour, Ardour 
should inform about it and ban those signs. IMO this would be a serious 
issue and should be reported to Ardour devs.
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