Re: [bug #41246] Allow to switch shell batch mode at runtime instead of build time

[Daniel Herring]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> > Cc: Mike Hommey <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> > Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:28:53 -0500
> >
> > But I do see a problem above; what if the literal file 'foo\bar' (a file
> > with a backslash in the name) existed?
>
> Such a file cannot exist on Windows: the backslash character is not
> allowed in a file name, unlike on Unix.

This MSDN page lists all the reserved characters, along with the other 
naming conventions on MSWin.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx

- Daniel