cygpath
Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)
Kenneth.Nellis@conduent.com
Mon Feb 13 17:29:00 GMT 2017
From: Andrey Repin
> See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-specialchars
This reference says:
> All of the above characters, except for the backslash, are converted to
> special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff (the "Private
> use area") when creating or accessing files.
It does not say *how* they are converted. In fact, by observation,
they appear to be converted by having 0xF000 added to their code points.
Perhaps this text could be updated accordingly.
I propose the following:
> All of the above characters, except for the backslash, are converted to
> special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff (the "Private
> use area") when creating or accessing files by adding 0xf000 to the
> forbidden characters' code points.
--Ken Nellis
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