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Mac OS X solves this the fact that OS X doesn't allow / but allows : and that HFS+ doesn't allow : but allows / very practically: it simply maps between the two
Mac OS X solves this the fact that OS X doesn't allow / but allows : and that HFS+ doesn't allow : but allows / very practically: it simply maps between the two!
So what happens if I copy a file named 'Toad: The Hoppening' to an HFS+ file system?
You will destroy the entire universe.
On the file system, it is stored as "Toad/ The Hoppening", in OS X it is displayed as "Toad: The Hoppening"
Here is some more detail,
https://www.usenix.org/techsessionssummary/challenges-integrating-unix-and-mac-os-environments https://www.usenix.org/techsessionssummary/challenges-integr...