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Problematic filename pattern characters

Andy Scherzinger edited this page Mar 16, 2022 · 2 revisions

Some clients' filesystem have limited filename/characters allowed. We document here on which OS/device which pattern/characters are not allowed. When any client is automatically creating a new file (e.g. via camera upload feature on Android Files/Talk), please make sure to only created allowed filenames.

Android:

  • "?" at end
  • ":", "<", ">"

Windows:

  • " " (whitespace) at end of folder name
  • "." (dot) at the end of a file/folder name
  • "" as part of folder/file name
  • "/" as part of folder/file name
  • ":" as part of folder/file name
  • "*" as part of folder/file name
  • "?" as part of folder/file name
  • """ as part of folder/file name
  • "<", ">" as part of folder/file name
  • "|" as part of folder/file name
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