[TC10.0] Can not remove a directory with trailing dots

[andry81]

• Windows 7 x64

You can create a directory with trailing dots using cmd.exe:

mkdir "a...\"

mkdir \\?\c:\blabla\a...`

To remove:

rd "a...\"

or

rd \\?\c:\blabla\a...

TC can not remove such directories.

[Usher]

Really?
Go to Configuration -> Options -> and turn OFF "Use long names". Then delete DOS name...
You can do the same from the command line:

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mkdir "a...\"
dir /x
rmdir A79E5~1
dir

Edit: What is more, TC can create names with symbols that are NOT-A-CHARACTER (U+FFFF) in Unicode. You can try with the following name:

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矎矎<character deleted><character deleted>@

Some characters may be wrongly displayed, depending on used browser and OS, but it should be properly copied and pasted by Windows clipboard.

Moderator message from: white » 2023-02-02, 12:27 UTC

Removed the "Not a Character" Unicode characters because forum search cannot properly handle these characters.

[ghisler(Author)]

There are file names which are forbidden for Windows functions, but the underlying file system supports them. Accessing such files/folders fails with normal Windows functions. Total commander has some limited support for such names. Deleting such folders isn't currently supported. You need to rename the folder before you can delete it.

[white]

The problem is when trying to delete "a." or "a.." or "a...", it will delete "a". Luckily it only succeeds if a is empty.

You need to rename the folder before you can delete it.

Or first execute "cd \\?\c:\blabla" on TC's command line.