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Interesting, I was not aware about MacOS. If I run `touch :.:` it will run fine and create the file, but Finder disallows this for whatever reason: The nam
by css 7y ago
Interesting, I was not aware about MacOS. If I run `touch :.:` it will run fine and create the file, but Finder disallows this for whatever reason:
The name “:.:” can’t be used.
Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no punctuation marks.
- DagAgren 7y agoFinder exchanges : and / in filenames, for compatibility with classic MacOS, which used : as a directory separator and allowed / in filenames. You can create a file named / in Finder, and it will show up as : on the file system.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]