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reserved characters in NTFS
tomos:
Someone (I think it's Skwire in one of his apps) uses the Yen symbol for paths
¥
(it's allowed in filenames)
Curt:
# is maybe the only logic replacement sign, since it can mean anything when you search for file names.
Ath:
I think it's rather silly to try to change the NTFS driver/behavior to support special characters that are actually reserved/designated for separating and selecting drives, directories and files. That's not a plausible route to go.
So, if you can't solve it directly, add an extra indirection, meaning, store the information in some (searchable) fileformat, like one of several available note-storage programs, designed for tasks like these :up:
skwire:
Someone (I think it's Skwire in one of his apps) uses the Yen symbol for paths -tomos (April 06, 2012, 05:42 AM)
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Actually, that is a side effect of running Japanese as the default language on my English Windows boxes; most backslashes show up as Yen symbols. I've gotten so used to it over the years that I hardly notice it anymore.
Renegade:
Someone (I think it's Skwire in one of his apps) uses the Yen symbol for paths -tomos (April 06, 2012, 05:42 AM)
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Actually, that is a side effect of running Japanese as the default language on my English Windows boxes; most backslashes show up as Yen symbols. I've gotten so used to it over the years that I hardly notice it anymore.
-skwire (April 06, 2012, 07:50 AM)
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The Korean won symbol (₩) serves the same purpose. However, I don't think either are legal in file names...
Scratch that... I just did a quick look, and it appears that the won symbol (and yen symbol) are legal, BUT, the \ character in Korean and Japanese is displayed differently as a won and yen symbol, respectively. So, while they "look" different than the \ character, under the hood they are the same.
So, if you use a \, then convert it to Korean/Japanese, it will change, and vice versa. And none of those characters are equivalent to the KRW or JPY symbols - ₩ or ¥.
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