open() giving ENOENT when trying to create files with control chars

Eric Blake ericblake@comcast.net
Fri Dec 2 20:38:00 GMT 2005


> I'm trying to create a file (on NTFS) with a CR in the name and getting
> ENOENT; is it possible for this to work (without a managed mount)?

Welcome to Windows.  None of these non-portable characters are
supported in filenames except in managed mounts.

--
Eric Blake



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