[Bug 46487] File Chooser Dialog blocks slashes in file text field when they could mean subdirectories

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> ---
In case anyone is wondering: The 'forward' slash character is hard-coded in
both Windows [1] and Linux kernel [2] to be a directory separator. There is no
mean to have 'forward' slashes in filename on those systems, even when
escaping.

Some Mac OS X apps allow 'forward' slashes in filenames for compatibility with
older Mac OS. Those apps use the colon character as directory separator at the
application level. However, both characters get swapped in the underlying unix
filesystem [3] [4] and since Wine access the filesystem through lower level
system calls, it sees the unix filename.

Just to say that there can't be any issue with filenames containing slashes as
there can't be such filenames on any of those OS.

[1]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10708334/how-can-i-create-files-on-windows-with-embedded-slashes-using-python

[2]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9847288/is-it-possible-to-use-in-a-filename

[3] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/677339

[4] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3990689

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