The following describes invalid and illegal characters for file name, folder name and path in Storegate.
1. Characters you should never use in file and folder names:
• / (snedstreck)
• \ (omvänt snedstreck)
• ” (citationstecken)
• | (rakt streck eller sk pipe)
• < (mindre än)
• > (större än)
• : (kolon)
• ? (frågetecken)
• * (asterisk)
Windows does not handle file names and folders over 260 characters
- Note that Windows counts the full path as part of the file name. This means that e.g.
C:\Users\Karl.Karlsson\Storegate\My Documents\Customer Projects\Secure Storage\Status.doc
is 84 characters long. If you have problems with too long file names, you can shorten the folder names or simply move the folder up to a higher level. 4. Temporary files are not synced - Some programs (e.g. Microsoft Office programs) create temporary files when they open a file, these files are not synchronized. Examples of file names are:
- File names starting with ~$ (tilde and dollar sign)
- File names starting with .~ (a dot and tilde)
- File names starting with tilde and ending with .tmp such as ~document.tmp 5. - If you have different Unicode settings on different computers, there can sometimes be problems when special characters are used and need to be synchronized between computers. In most cases, the file is synchronized, but sometimes a new file with a new file name is created. 6. avoid syncing metadata and resource files
- Avoid syncing files that are so-called metadata or resource files. An example of this is Shortcuts in Windows, these will not work on e.g. a Mac computer.