On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:15:37AM -0600, Mark Courtney wrote:
> 
> Can someone please tell me what "Special" characters can not be used in
> directory names?
> 
> Here's what I have found from experimentation:
> ~ - tilde
> ` - backtick
> ! - exclamation
> / - duh
> 

Actually, those are fine (except /):

mkdir \~\!\\\'

drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Nov  5 07:33 ~!\'

you merely need to escape the characters.

> Those are the obvious ones anyway.  I thought it would be faster to ask
> than sitting here and trying them all.
> 
> Thanks

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