[physfs] setSaneConfig and .folder

btb at icculus.org btb at icculus.org
Tue Jan 25 14:22:27 EST 2005


Names like .blah are legal in NTFS, even though the explorer shell won't let
you create them.  Try it in CMD.EXE, it works fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam D. Moss [mailto:adam at gimp.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:08 AM
> To: physfs at icculus.org
> Subject: [physfs] setSaneConfig and .folder
> 
> A user has reported that (for whatever reason), my program's
> PHYSFS_setSaneConfig("blah", ...) is failing.  He
> hasn't forwarded me the appropriate logs/message to back
> this up in any way, but he reckons that this is because
> he is on NTFS (on WinXPsp1) where .blah is not a legal
> filename.
> 
> Can anyone validate this assertion?
> 
> Cheers,
> --Adam
> --
> Adam D. Moss   . ,,^^   adam at gimp.org   http://www.foxbox.org/   co:3




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