Rename folder with leading [dot]

[nsp]

If i want to rename a folder "Misc" to "Misc..." using [Shift]+[F6]
i receive a message :
a folder with the name
<PATH TO>\Misc.. already exist
Do you want to move....

Folder Misc.. does not exist.

If i want to rename a folder "Misc..." to "Misc.." using [Shift]+[F6]
In the folder name the latest dot is missing.
when i validate i receive a message with :
Error Cannot read <PATH TO>\Misc..

[MVV]

Please don't use folder names with trailing dots, they require special handling in Windows (standard Windows API removes trailing spaces and dots from filenames), not all programs support them (even Windows Explorer doesn't allow to rename them).

[Sir_SiLvA]

and this is a TC Bug why? try to do that in explorer...

[nsp]

and this is a TC Bug why? try to do that in explorer...

We use TC because we know that Explorer have bugs many limitations ! I have some folder created by archive extraction and and i must rename them basically removing or adding dot. For now i can do it using the "msys mv" command.

I admit that is not a good practice to have folder using trailing/leading dot...

[karlchen]

Foldernames with a leading dot / with leading dots are not a problem at all. You can find foldernames with a leading dot frequently ... on Linux / Unix systems. And T.C. can handle them without problems.

Foldernames with a trailing dot are a problem, because the rightmost dot in a file/foldername separates the name from the extension. It must not be present in cases where there is no extension. I.e. a dot must not be the last character of a foldername. This is more a Windows convention than a technical necessity.

The trouble arises, because there are Windows API functions and a small number of programmes which break this rule and others which stick to it.

Karl

[Sir_SiLvA]

nsp trying to rename "misc" to "misc..." gives an error in TC...

and this is a TC Bug why? try to do that in explorer...

We use TC because we know that Explorer have bugs many limitations !

This is NOT a BUG but a FS limitation
the difference is TC gives you at least an error message - in Explorer (Windows 7) you dont even get an error message...

Linux allows allot more that the windows filesystem.

[MVV]

Windows with NTFS allows too, but we need to use special filename prefix \\?\. But using it we may easilly create folder that is inaccessible from another programs (e.g. folder with name AUX, LPT1 etc or just a folder with trailing dot or space in name).

[nsp]

nsp trying to rename "misc" to "misc..." gives an error in TC...
This is NOT a BUG but a FS limitation

Can you explain, why it is a limitation as i can have this folder in my hard-drive and do what i want with some command line tool ?


On the other hand, TC do not allow to rename "misc..." to "misc" but explorer accept an do it.

[MVV]

On the other hand, TC do not allow to rename "misc..." to "misc" but explorer accept an do it.

I have Windows 7x64, and a folder "777...". Explorer doesn't allow to rename it, also it remove trailing dots when I try to append them to folder name => it uses same API w/o any prefix \\?\.