CLOCK$ filename on Windows

thombashi / pathvalidate

A Python library to sanitize/validate a string such as filenames/file-paths/etc.

https://pathvalidate.rtfd.io/

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CLOCK$ filename on Windows #8

Closed sparr closed 5 years ago

sparr commented 5 years ago

Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words and various other results on Google, "CLOCK$" is a problematic filename in some versions of Windows. Apparently it is possible to create such a file through some methods, but then not to delete it. Testing on various Windows platforms may reveal more details of the behavior. If it remains problematic, it may warrant inclusion in this library?

thombashi commented 5 years ago

@sparr Thank you for your report. That makes sense. I had added CLOCK$ as a reserved filename for Windows platform at pathvalidate 0.25.0.

thombashi commented 5 years ago

I'll close the issue. Feel free to reopen if you still have any problems about the issue.