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Linux file names - what characters aren't allowed

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:25 pm
by Luke
What characters aren't allowed on a linux server? I searched google and couldn't find anything relevant.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:29 pm
by sweatje
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/tlk/fs/filesystem.html
site above wrote:Like all other Unix TM systems, Linux does not care about the format of the filename itself; it can be any length and consist of any of the printable characters.
Things to remember is that Unix files names are case sensative, and it is best not to have spaces because then you have\ to\ escape\ the\ spaces\ in\ the\ file\ names.