Unraid 6.8.3 - Decided to tidy my movie library by replacing spaces with periods, because it was a mix of both.

That's when I discover that I cannot have a name Con. or con. anything.  eg. Con.Air.(1997)  Is there a workaround for this?

Tried using Windows - throws a permission error.

Tried from unraid console - throws a permission error.

Con_air is fine

Con air is fine

Con-air is fine

Con.air is a no no

Edited June 2, 20206 yr by EvylRat
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Can you elaborate on this a bit? I have no problems creating or renaming files with Con. or con. anything on Unraid. What are you using to do the renaming?

I can confirm this issue, however, I can rename it using MC.  I can't rename it from Windows and when I browse the folder in Windows it shows a completely different name for the file.

 

I did find this: https://serverfault.com/questions/242110/which-common-charecters-are-illegal-in-unix-and-windows-filesystems

SOLVED:  Thank you both for the fast response.  @trurl any share, from windows try creating a folder or file starting with Con.something.something.darkside.

It reports "The Specified Device Name is Invalid"

@earthworm Never noticed that this issue has been in Windows all this time.  Just tried it on Windows 10, you cannot create a file con.anything. Thanks for sharing the link.

Edited June 3, 20206 yr by EvylRat
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