THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:
QUESTION
What are the WAFS/CDP file and folder name acceptable characters?
ANSWER
A filename cannot contain any of the following characters:
\ / : * ? " < > |
Characters that are valid for naming files, folders, or shortcuts include any combination of letters (A-Z) and numbers (0-9), plus the following special characters:
- ^ Accent circumflex (caret)
- & Ampersand
- ' Apostrophe (single quotation mark)
- @ At sign
- { Brace left
- } Brace right
- [ Bracket opening
- ] Bracket closing
- , Comma
- $ Dollar sign
- = Equal sign
- ! Exclamation point
- - Hyphen
- # Number sign
- ( Parenthesis opening
- ) Parenthesis closing
- % Percent
- . Period
- + Plus
- ~ Tilde
- _ Underscore
Unicode is not supported.
For more information regarding file-naming conventions, refer to the Microsoft Windows Developer Network article Naming a File and the Microsoft TechNet article How NTFS Works.