A 1 Special characters in file names
There are several characters in file/folder names which are handled specially when uploading or downloading. These are the ASCII characters from "01" to "31" and 9 additional characters which have a special meaning for UNIX file names.
Even on Macintosh or Windows clients, not all of them can be used in file names.
Hexadecimal Usual representation
01-1f (Control characters from "01" to "31")
When uploading a file with a name containing a character from this list, the file name stored in the UNIX file system will not be represented with the original character. Instead, it is represented with a "^" followed by the hexadecimal encoding of the character. This encoding is also used by EtherShare.
For example, the Mac OS file name "4*4 yields 16" will be stored as the file name "4^2a4 yields 16" in the UNIX file system. Similarly, when uploading a Zip archive containing a file or folder with a name containing a character from this list, the file name in the UNIX file system will contain the "^xy" representation.
When downloading a file with a name containing a quoted character from this list, it will NOT be translated to its unquoted form. Instead the representation will be the same. For example, a UNIX file name "4^2a4 yields 16" will be downloaded unchanged.
Similarly, when downloading multiple files, the Zip archive containing a file or folder with a name containing a quoted character from this list, the file name in the Zip archive will contain the "^xy" representation.
