Uploading and File Names

File names
  • Please do not use the following characters anywhere in a file name:
    • Tilde ~
    • Number sign #
    • Percent %
    • Ampersand &
    • Asterisk *
    • Braces [ ]
    • Backslash \
    • Colon :
    • Angle brackets < >
    • Question mark ?
    • Slash /
    • Pipe |
    • Quotation mark ” “
  • Do not use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file name.
  • Do not use the period character at the end of a file name.
  • Do not start a file name by using the period character.
  • If you use an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a file name, the file will be a hidden file.
  • ile names and folder names may not end with any of the following strings: 
    • .files
    • _files
    • -Dateien
    • _fichiers
    • _bestanden
    • _file
    • _archivos
    • -filer
    • _tiedostot
    • _pliki
    • _soubory
    • _elemei
    • _ficheiros
    • _arquivos
    • _dosyalar
    • _datoteke
    • _fitxers
    • _failid
    • _fails
    • _bylos
    • _fajlovi
    • _fitxategiak
  • In addition, file names and folder names cannot start with the “_vti_” string, such as the followings:
    • _vti_cnf
    • _vti_pvt
    • _vti_bin
    • _vti_txt