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| incompatiblecharacters [2020_05_19 10:15] – [Desktop File System Compliance] jim | incompatiblecharacters [2020_09_10 10:13] – smeadmin | ||
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| Files or folders that begin with a period will meta-sync properly but Mac, Linux, Windows operating systems may regard them as system files and hide them automatically. You may not be able to see them without modifying advanced settings on your PC. | Files or folders that begin with a period will meta-sync properly but Mac, Linux, Windows operating systems may regard them as system files and hide them automatically. You may not be able to see them without modifying advanced settings on your PC. | ||
| - | Also please be aware of other character issues that are not immediately obvious but can cause conflicts or issues such as trailing spaces in directory names for example. | + | Also please be aware of other character issues that are not immediately obvious but can cause conflicts or issues such as leading or trailing spaces in directory names or files for example. |
| Also be aware of using characters that are not generally considered best practice, such as tildes(~)for example, which should not really be used in a file / folder, as on many file systems a file/folder name may contain a tilde within each component of the name that is too long to comply with normal naming rules. | Also be aware of using characters that are not generally considered best practice, such as tildes(~)for example, which should not really be used in a file / folder, as on many file systems a file/folder name may contain a tilde within each component of the name that is too long to comply with normal naming rules. | ||