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Re: Making safe file names

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Making safe file names
Date 2013-05-28 16:03 +0000
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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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Re: Making safe file names Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 19:51 -0500
  Re: Making safe file names Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> - 2013-05-08 11:28 +1000
    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
    Re: Making safe file names Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 21:20 -0500
    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
    Re: Making safe file names Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-08 00:13 -0400
      Re: Making safe file names Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-08 04:47 +0000
    Re: Making safe file names Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 23:49 -0500

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