RE: Checking out filenames with : in them on windows does not wor k

[Jim.Hyslop]

Conrad T. Pino wrote:
> > From: Derek Robert Price
> > 
> > Actually, I'm now inclined to just tell users not to use filenames
> > that are restricted on Windows if they need Windows clients.
> 
> I defer to more experienced judgments here.  I'm going to assume this
> is the direction unless another appears.

I think this is the best approach. Otherwise, to be complete, there should
be a set of tests for restricted file names on each platform that CVS is run
on. That would get very hairy. And, what do you do when the client is on one
platform and the server is on another? The tests would get very complex,
very quickly.

Besides, taking Derek's approach allows us to paraphrase the old joke:
"Doctor, it hurts when I use characters in my file names, that Windows
doesn't like..."

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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)