> What about other systems? The Linux kernel doesn't validate filenames in any way, so a filename in Linux can contain any byte except 0x2F ('/', which is inte

> What about other systems? The Linux kernel doesn't validate filenames in any way, so a filename in Linux can contain any byte except 0x2F ('/', which is interpreted as directory separator) and 0x00 (which signals the end of the byte string). ETA: of course some file systems have other limitations, for example '\' is not valid in FAT32.