Document MS-Windows file-name idiosyncrasies (Bug#19463)
doc/emacs/msdog.texi (Windows Files): Document characters invalid in Windows file names.
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2015-01-31 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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2015-01-31 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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* msdog.texi (Windows Files): Document characters invalid in
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Windows file names. (Bug#19463)
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* custom.texi (Customization Groups): Update the looks of the
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* custom.texi (Customization Groups): Update the looks of the
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Customize Group buffer.
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Customize Group buffer.
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@ -249,7 +249,42 @@ removable and remote volumes, where this could potentially slow down
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Dired and other related features. The value of @code{nil} means never
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Dired and other related features. The value of @code{nil} means never
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issue those system calls. Non-@code{nil} values are more useful on
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issue those system calls. Non-@code{nil} values are more useful on
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NTFS volumes, which support hard links and file security, than on FAT,
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NTFS volumes, which support hard links and file security, than on FAT,
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FAT32, and XFAT volumes.
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FAT32, and exFAT volumes.
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@cindex file names, invalid characters on MS-Windows
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Unlike Unix, MS-Windows file systems restrict the set of characters
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that can be used in a file name. The following characters are not
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allowed:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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Shell redirection symbols @samp{<}, @samp{>}, and @samp{|}.
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@item
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Colon @samp{:} (except after the drive letter).
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@item
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Forward slash @samp{/} and backslash @samp{\} (except as directory
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separators).
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@item
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Wildcard characters @samp{*} and @samp{?}.
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@item
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Control characters whose codepoints are 1 through 31 decimal. In
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particular, newlines in file names are not allowed.
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@item
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The null character, whose codepoint is zero (this limitation exists on
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Unix filesystems as well).
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@end itemize
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@noindent
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In addition, referencing any file whose name matches a DOS character
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device, such as @file{NUL} or @file{LPT1} or @file{PRN} or @file{CON},
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with or without any file-name extension, will always resolve to those
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character devices, in any directory. Therefore, only use such file
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names when you want to use the corresponding character device.
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@node ls in Lisp
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@node ls in Lisp
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@section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows
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@section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows
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