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p2t2p
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An error message, still found in Windows 10, is a ...
Yes and no. In Linux you can use an Unicode that looks like slash. Candidates are U+2044, U+2215, U+29F8, U+FF0F, and U+2571.
However similar trick probably would work in Windows as well. Does anybody care to try? :)
jarfil
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Unicode tricks work on Windows too, it's just the exact \ / etc. characters that are reserved.
gpvos
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A comment elsewhere on this page claims that COM² and COM³ are also forbidden in Windows, due to Unicode mapping...
p2t2p
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Also, I've just tried and on Mac OS I can create a folder with "/" in the name no problem.
justinsaccount
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The path separator on HFS is :, not /
p2t2p
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o_O TIL.
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However similar trick probably would work in Windows as well. Does anybody care to try? :)