Re: Problem with non-valid file names on w32

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On 11/30/06, Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> wrote:
> 
>> When you try to save the file Emacs will be noted about the problem and
>> tell the user. So maybe it is not that catastrophic, but it is not
>> pretty IMO.
> 
> If you have shared resources, the rules governing file name validity
> could be different in some mounted volumes. How do you plan to say
> that to Emacs?


Good point. I know little about possible mount points in w32. Can 
another volume be mounted say under c:/some/path/a/bit/down?


>> It gets a bit worse if you have file names like
>> "c:/some/path/d:hidden.txt". In this case Emacs will not complain when
>> saving the file. Instead a hidden stream is created.
...
> Why do you call it "awkward"? It's a feature, and that's its syntax.
> CMD does not do a very good job of handling streams, but for example
> in 4NT you can do:


Yes, you are right. But it is a surprising feature.