Well, as far as I know, "/" is the *only* character not allowed in a filename on Unix :-(.
-- Rick Genter Principal Engineer Silverlink Communications <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (781) 425-5763 This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may only be used by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:25 PM > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: RE: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 40638] - Allow comments in > PatternSet includesfile and excludesfile > > Ah... nice try, but pattern characters such as /, \, > *, and ? will not work either since we are discussing > includes/excludes. > > Thanks, > Matt > > --- Rick Genter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "/" (forward slash) is not a valid filename > > character on either Unix or > > Windows. > > > > -- > > Rick Genter > > Principal Engineer > > Silverlink Communications > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (781) 425-5763 > > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include > > confidential and/or > > proprietary information, and may only be used by the > > person or entity to > > which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail > > is not the intended > > recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader > > is hereby notified > > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of > > this e-mail is > > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > > error, please notify > > the sender by replying to this message and delete > > this e-mail > > immediately. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:04 PM > > > To: dev@ant.apache.org > > > Subject: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 40638] - Allow comments > > in > > > PatternSet includesfile and excludesfile > > > > > > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR > > BUG* > > > RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE > > AVAILABLE AT > > > > > > <http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40638>. > > > ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE > > COLLECTED AND* > > > INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. > > > > > > > > > http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40638 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- Additional Comments From > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 2006-10-09 13:03 ------- > > > Does anyone have any knowledge of a character that > > is > > > completely invalid in a > > > filename for all platforms? Just UNIX and > > Windows, even, for > > > a start? Most > > > characters seem usable on UNIX platforms when > > escaped, so I > > > can't locate a > > > character that would be a suitable comment > > indicator for > > > includes/excludes files. > > > > > > -- > > > Configure bugmail: > > > > > > http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email > > > ------- You are receiving this mail because: > > ------- > > > You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching > > the assignee. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
