[Webfunds-users] filenames

Sat Sep 25 15:47:50 1999

I think I have a solution to the Mac 31 char problem.
But, before I code it up, can anyone help fill in the
gaps, so I don't go break other systems?

Things you can't include in a filename:

            illegal chars      number         notes
   Unix     / null             255            old 14

   Mac      :                  31             . not first, "Pascal variables"

   Doze     ./\:*?"<>|                         old 8.3       

   BeOS

   ?

Questions:  Is the period '.' the only illegal char
at the start of the MAC filename?

Any other illegal characters?  I'm thinking of using
underscore and plus: _ +

Are all names now case sensitive?

iang