File-Naming Conventions

WAFS/CDP follows the standard Windows naming conventions, with a few exceptions (such as no support for Unicode characters).

For example:

• You can name files using almost any character for a name, except for the following reserved characters:
  < > : " / \ | ? *

• The maximum length for a path is 255 characters. This limitation includes the drive letter, colon, backslash, directories, subdirectories, filename, and extension.

• Characters that are valid for naming files, folders, or shortcuts include any combination of letters (A-Z) and numbers (0-9), plus the following special characters:

• ^   Accent circumflex (caret)    &   Ampersand    '   Apostrophe (single quotation mark)    @   At symbol    {   Brace left    }   Brace right    [   Bracket opening    ]   Bracket closing    ,   Comma    $   Dollar sign    =   Equal sign

  !   Exclamation point    -   Hyphen    #   Number sign    (   Parenthesis opening    )   Parenthesis closing    %   Percent    .   Period    +   Plus    ~   Tilde    _   Underscore

We currently do not support Unicode.

For more information regarding file-naming conventions, refer to the Microsoft Windows Developer Network article Naming a File and the Microsoft TechNet article How NTFS Works.