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| Date | 2013-05-28 23:53 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Making safe file names |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2297.1369749186.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Albert van der Horst
<albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> In article <Lvydneajg7LXNhTMnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d@westnet.com.au>,
> Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> 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?
Python 3.3.0 (v3.3.0:bd8afb90ebf2, Sep 29 2012, 10:55:48) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (In
tel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> open("com1","w").write("Test\n")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'com1'
>>> open("con","w").write("Test\n")
Test
5
>>>
ChrisA
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Re: Making safe file names Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-07 21:45 -0400
Re: Making safe file names Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-07 22:21 -0400
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Re: Making safe file names Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 21:06 -0500
Re: Making safe file names Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-08 00:10 -0400
Re: Making safe file names albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-28 13:44 +0000
Re: Making safe file names Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 23:53 +1000
Re: Making safe file names Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-28 16:03 +0000
Re: Making safe file names Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-08 03:40 +0000
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Re: Making safe file names Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 23:49 -0500
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