tjluoma Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I have been testing OwnCloud and found that it will not sync files with a : or a | in the name. I cannot find any information about characters which BitTorrent Sync considers "illegal" but I thought I should check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I have been testing OwnCloud and found that it will not sync files with a : or a | in the name.Those characters are technically reserved and will be blocked regardless of program due to operating system restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjluoma Posted May 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Those characters are technically reserved and will be blocked regardless of program due to operating system restrictions. Is there a list of all the "reserved" characters somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177506 covers windows. There will be similar lists for other platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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