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10.3: Name files with a slash
Authored by: simX on Dec 27, '03 05:33:35PM

Nope, this is in Jaguar, and I'm pretty sure it was always in Mac OS X. It doesn't actually name files as a slash, though -- it replaces the slash with a colon, but it appears as a slash in the Finder. The Finder doesn't allow you to use colons, though.

What's particularly funny is that Classic does the opposite (or something like that). It sees files with slashes in their filenames in the Finder (which are actually colons) that actually have slashes, and when you put a slash in the filename, it actually puts the slash, and it appears as a slash both in the Classic picker and in something like the Terminal when you do a directory listing.

It's really confusing how they got Classic and the Finder to work without hindering your ability to use slashes.

I wouldn't recommend deleting this hint, though -- it's useful to know that you can use slashes in the Finder without any problems.



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