On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Mark Janssen <[email protected]>wrote:

> I noticed fossil will not add files containing any of the characters
> "\*[]?". If I remove the checks for these chars, I cannot find any
> adverse effects. Is there a specific reason these characters are
> forbidden?
>

The "?:*" characters are forbidden by FAT/VFAT filesystems. i cannot account
for the "[]" being forbidden - it may be limited on other platforms (i just
tried it on WinXP and Solaris 10, and "[]" are allowed there).



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----- stephan beal
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