Timeline for Is a single dot a valid filename in Windows?
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| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:32 | comment | added | phuclv | @JW0914 I haven't, but others have and I've read how to do that from the internet. That's because all names in the Win32 namespace technically have an invisible dot at the end | |
| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:30 | comment | added | JW0914 | @phuclv You've verified this on all versions of Windows (xp, vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10)? | |
| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:29 | comment | added | phuclv |
@JW0914 Windows allows directories to be named with a preceding dot, but only via CLI on many Windows editions that's incorrect. You can create directories and files with a preceding dot like I commented. The final dot will automatically be removed and you'll get .ssh, .gnupg as expected
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| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:28 | comment | added | JW0914 | @phuclv I'm confused as to what you're replying no to... | |
| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:26 | comment | added | phuclv |
@JW0914 no, you can create any files starting with a dot in Explorer by appending a dot to the end like .ssh., .gnupg.. The final dot will be removed, leaving you with .ssh, .gnupg
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| Sep 7, 2019 at 13:24 | comment | added | JW0914 |
Windows allows directories to be named with a preceding dot, but only via CLI on many Windows editions (i.e. .ssh, .gnupg, etc.). I'm not certain on when the functionality was added to File Explorer in Win10, but v1903 does allow this through File Explorer as well. If your question is can a directory simply be named ., no, as no OS allows this because a single . is an alias for the current directory, just as .. is an alias for the preceding directory.
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| May 10, 2019 at 1:25 | history | edited | phuclv | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 9, 2019 at 15:25 | vote | accept | Kalle Richter | ||
| May 9, 2019 at 15:24 | answer | added | phuclv | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 6, 2019 at 20:04 | comment | added | Kalle Richter | @phuciv I don't want to do it, users of the software my team is developing might. | |
| May 6, 2019 at 16:38 | comment | added | phuclv | why do you want to do that? In PowerShell you'll see `.` all the time to indicate the current folder. Less common in cmd but still the same meaning | |
| May 6, 2019 at 15:08 | answer | added | Jacob Mueller | timeline score: -2 | |
| May 6, 2019 at 14:50 | history | asked | Kalle Richter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |