Win.explorer naming files

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Majki Majk

ehooo! Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?


Is there a way to make it Real!?

Thanks
miki mik
 
Majki Majk said:
ehooo! Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?


Is there a way to make it Real!?

Thanks
miki mik
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I'd like to ask if this is a chopsticks joke, but no,
I'll refrain.

Mickey
 
Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?
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Because those characters have special uses.

The \ character is used to separate folders from each other and from
file names. So if you were able to create a file called abc\xyz in the
\lmn folder, it wouldn't be possible for Windows to tell whether
\lmn\abc\xyz was what you wanted or whether it was a file called xyz
in the folder \lmn\abc.

Similarly, the / character is used in many command to introcuce a
switch for the command and using it in a file name would confuse
Windows.
 
Because those characters have special uses.

The \ character is used to separate folders from each other and from
file names. So if you were able to create a file called abc\xyz in the
\lmn folder, it wouldn't be possible for Windows to tell whether
\lmn\abc\xyz was what you wanted or whether it was a file called xyz
in the folder \lmn\abc.

Similarly, the / character is used in many command to introcuce a
switch for the command and using it in a file name would confuse
Windows.
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Understood. It's missing when making some kind of database ! Just a note.
 
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