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Name Restriction

Names for file and folders cannot be empty, too long, or contain unacceptable characters.

Accepted characters are:

• alphanumerics (a-z A-Z 0-9)
• space
• any of: . (period) - (hyphen) _ (underscore) ~ (tilde) ( ) { } [ ] (the various brackets) % (percent) @ (at)
• characters with hex value 80-FF (extended ascii)

Any other character is unaccepted.

The maximum length of a name is 255 chars.

But names cannot begin with "." (period), "-" (hyphen). Example: ".newfolder", or "-testfile"

Names also cannot begin with spaces or contain trailing spaces. Spaces is to be used within a name only.