Hi On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Emre Erenoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Alexander Skwar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Emre Erenoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am using Linux & Windows and all my filenames are fine with some >>> accented & special characters which are not present in English alphabet >> >> >> Think about storing a file named this: >> >> This: is a \ stoopid example? >> >> >> Works just fine on Linux - you can store the ":", "\" and "?" just fine. >> Not so on Windows - the ":" is a problem. >> And OS X will translate the ":" to a "/" (for display). >> >> And that example shows problems that exist even WITHOUT UTF-8. >> > > I understood it from Evert's post, but the solution is very easy. Just > refuse to upload or sync such strange filenames within the web interface or > sync client and give an error/warning message. That's it and I think very > normal. I don't think any user would object to it. > Well - I'd object. What's a "strange" filename? One with ":" in it? Why? Or a "?"? Again: Why? Filenames with dates (eg. logs) could easily have a ":". Some IMAP servers and also mailclients use ":" in filenames, IIRC. Regards, Alexander -- ↯ Lifestream (Twitter, Blog, …) ↣ http://alexs77.soup.io/ ↯ ↯ Chat (Jabber/Google Talk) ↣ [email protected] , AIM: alexws77 ↯
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