From: Andrey Repin > See > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-specialchars
This reference says: > All of the above characters, except for the backslash, are converted to > special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff (the "Private > use area") when creating or accessing files. It does not say *how* they are converted. In fact, by observation, they appear to be converted by having 0xF000 added to their code points. Perhaps this text could be updated accordingly. I propose the following: > All of the above characters, except for the backslash, are converted to > special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff (the "Private > use area") when creating or accessing files by adding 0xf000 to the > forbidden characters' code points. --Ken Nellis
