Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
This is standard Windows behaviour, and goes back to DOS days. Reserved filenames and illegal characters are described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file?redirectedfrom=MSDN If the Windows OS and file system does not allow a colon in the file name, there is nothing Python can do to change that. ---------- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue42421> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
