Win.explorer naming files

[Majki Majk]

ehooo! Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?


Is there a way to make it Real!?

Thanks
miki mik

 

[Max Goldman]

ehooo! Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?
Because.


Is there a way to make it Real!?

No.

 

[Bill in Co.]

They are reserved characters. (Used for directory or url delimiters,
etc).

 

[Mickey Mouse]

ehooo! Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?


Is there a way to make it Real!?

Thanks
miki mik

I'd like to ask if this is a chopsticks joke, but no,
I'll refrain.

Mickey

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Why i can't use "/" "\" when naming files in windoes explorer ?

Because those characters have special uses.

The \ character is used to separate folders from each other and from
file names. So if you were able to create a file called abc\xyz in the
\lmn folder, it wouldn't be possible for Windows to tell whether
\lmn\abc\xyz was what you wanted or whether it was a file called xyz
in the folder \lmn\abc.

Similarly, the / character is used in many command to introcuce a
switch for the command and using it in a file name would confuse
Windows.

 

[Majki Majk]

Because those characters have special uses.

The \ character is used to separate folders from each other and from
file names. So if you were able to create a file called abc\xyz in the
\lmn folder, it wouldn't be possible for Windows to tell whether
\lmn\abc\xyz was what you wanted or whether it was a file called xyz
in the folder \lmn\abc.

Similarly, the / character is used in many command to introcuce a
switch for the command and using it in a file name would confuse
Windows.

Understood. It's missing when making some kind of database ! Just a note.