If you're on windows, there is no case-sensitivity, so when using git, for example, there are issues with "file" and "FILE" because they're the same to windows. Then there are the names thou shalt never use (con, prn, aux, nul, com1, com2, com3, com4, com5, com6, com7, com8, com9, com0, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lpt3, lpt4, lpt5, lpt6, lpt7, lpt8, lpt9, lpt0 and others). So it's not just so-called special characters that can be a problem.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:35 PM doc hawk via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > I know you know, but it bears repeating, you can never go wrong following > > that old IT adage, no special characters in a filename, no spaces or caps > > in a SQL column name. In fact I don't even like spaces in a filename > > because if at some point I want to share it over FTP, and the FTP server > > has a web service, well now I have to account for spaces. > > > > a-z, A-Z, 0-9, underbar, and dot. That's it. > > Pretty much anything else in a filename causes problems with some system or > another. > > and mixed case is a problem itself with some older ones, such as CP/M, > which would *usually* covert to upper case (but if a file was created from > a program, such as MSBASIC, that check could be passed, and a filename that > couldn't be accessed from the command line could be created). > > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
