• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      NTFS in general has a bunch of ridiculous, archaic restrictions that a more modern-ish one like ext4 doesn’t. Does NTFS still not allow you to use a question mark in your filename?

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        2 months ago

        the question mark is a wildcard, so is asterisk. slashes are used in paths. characters you can’t use usually have implications for the OS. otherwise you can name your file pretty much anything.

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          2 months ago

          Yeah, I think it’s just funny comparing it with the usual situation on Linux, where there’s even less restrictions. I believe you can actually put a newline in a file name, for example, though I’ll need to check and come back later.

          I’d need to rename a massive amount of files if I ever wanted to go back to Windows.

          P.S. yup. Generally, just avoid /, null, and you’re good to go.