WebShare UB+ User manual

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 9 ASCII characters, which have a special meaning for UNIX file names.

Even on Mac or Windows clients, not all of them can be used in file names.

Hexadecimal	Usual representation
22	"
2a	*
2f	/
3c	<
3e	>
3f	?
5c	\
5e	^
7c	|

When uploading a file with a name containing a character from this list, the file name stored in the server 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 server 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 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.