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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Making safe file names
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On 2013-05-28, Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:

>> There's also the Windows device name hole. There may be trouble with
>> artists named 'COM4', 'CLOCK$', 'Con', or similar.
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496
>
> That applies to MS-DOS names. God forbid that this still holds on
> more modern Microsoft operating systems?

There are no more modern Microsoft operating systems.  Only more
recent ones.  There are still lots of reserved filenames in recent
versions of Windows.

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