is there any way to write ? mark in a file name
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On a windows platform? No this is an invalid character for names in the windows file system.
The Wikipedia entry on file names has a pretty extensive breakdown on what characters are reserved for various operating systems and file system combos. Here is the link
JaredPar
2009-10-03 19:10:02
and even if you managed to do so somehow, no standard API would be able to read the file
BlackTigerX
2009-10-03 19:15:32
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No, since it is a wildcard such as * is.
See here:
Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following:
* The following reserved characters:
< > : " / \ | ? *
* Integer value zero, sometimes referred to as the ASCII NUL character.
* Characters whose integer representations are in the range from 1 through 31,except for streams. For more information about file streams, see File Streams.
Otávio Décio
2009-10-03 19:10:16
Somehow, I managed to copy a file from an ext3 filesystem on linux to an ntfs partition called "file:", with a colon (using ntfs-3g). I have never been able to change or delete it, it has just remained at the root of my drive for more than a year now.
Callum Rogers
2009-10-03 19:54:27
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It is possible on the Linux and OSX file systems, although I am pretty sure that Windows does not permit this.
Furutsuzeru
2009-10-03 19:12:51
+1
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I seem to remember that you could do something like this way back when with MS-DOS if you used one of the v1.x functions (using an FCB instead of a file handle). I wonder if any even remotely recent versions of Windows would successfully run such a beast (assuming that I'm event right about DOS letting you do it)?
Drop a note if you decide to give it a try (if you can even dig up the tools).
Michael Burr
2009-10-03 19:23:11
+1 for remembering such a dated bit of information. Basically, it would work for any version of DOS through at least 5, but you had to use the older functions. Even then it was strongly recommended that you NOT do this.
Tom
2009-10-03 19:37:43
As soon as they come out with a Software Development version of Trivial Pursuit I'm golden. Hmm, now that I think about it, "Trival Pursuit" is pretty much the answer to a trivia question nowadays. I guess I better get back to organizing my floppy disks and arguing about whether the 'Designated Hitter Rule' will ruin baseball.
Michael Burr
2009-10-03 20:34:56
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Yes, you can write ? in a file name just like you can have a file without a name and only an extension.
This would require an FTP upload or opening the media in ASCII format.
NoThx
2009-10-03 19:34:23
So how could I?!!!considering that I am asking in winows Operating systemThak you,
amr osama
2009-10-03 19:53:58
+1
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According to the NTFS article in wiki, it is possible to use other characters:
In Posix namespace, any UTF-16 code unit (case sensitive) except U+0000 (NUL) and / (slash)
I don't know if you must have a separated partition for that, or a different API calls into the POSIX system would allow you to use special characters.
Yurik
2009-10-03 20:23:23