Received: (qmail 47460 invoked by uid 501); 9 Jul 2000 09:38:40 -0000 Message-Id: <20000709093840.47459.qmail@locus.apache.org> Date: 9 Jul 2000 09:38:40 -0000 From: Hoes@locus.apache.org, Maarten Reply-To: lbalbalba@hotmail.com To: submit@bugz.apache.org Subject: filename restrictions in Windows OS X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.110 >Number: 6289 >Category: documentation >Synopsis: filename restrictions in Windows OS >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 09 02:40:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: Wed Aug 22 15:37:38 PDT 2001 >Last-Modified: Wed Aug 22 15:37:38 PDT 2001 >Originator: lbalbalba@hotmail.com >Release: 1.3.12 >Organization: >Environment: Windows NT 4.0 UK - Service Pack 5 >Description: Maybe its just my inexperience, but the Windows NT OS does not seem to allow me to create filenames like .htaccess, which have nothing before the dot, and more than three characters after the dot. Since almost all of the documentation is centred around the *nix platform, I was unable to find in the documentation how to do this on the Windows NT platform. Since NTFS is a posix compliant filesystem, I thought I should be able to create these kind of files on our NTFS partitions? I seem to be unable to create them. >How-To-Repeat: Start the Windows Explorer, go to a directory, right-click your mouse, select NEW-TEXT DOCUMENT, and try to name it .htaccess ... >Fix: Make the Windows NT OS allow .htaccess filenames ;) Maybe you could allow the admin to specify the names of all the other config files in the global configuration file, like .htaccess = htaccess.txt or something like that ... >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed State-Changed-By: wrowe State-Changed-When: Sun Jul 16 20:44:26 PDT 2000 State-Changed-Why: Yes, some win32 programs incorrectly refuse to allow you to save a file named .bleh - just try creating a new notepad file and save as .bleh - and it will fail. However, start notepad with the filename .bleh and it will ask you if you would like to create it, and save it without any argument. If this is frustrating, the AccessFileName directive lets you use some other meaningful name (such as htaccess.ctl or whatever you choose.) Tagged as analyzed till we can toss the answer in the FAQ. Thanks for your interest in the Apache project. Class-Changed-From-To: sw-bug-change-request Class-Changed-By: wrowe Class-Changed-When: Fri Sep 29 23:03:20 PDT 2000 Category-Changed-From-To: os-windows-documentation Category-Changed-By: wrowe Category-Changed-When: Fri Sep 29 23:03:20 PDT 2000 State-Changed-From-To: analyzed-closed State-Changed-By: slive State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 22 15:37:38 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: I've added a note on this to the windows docs. >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]