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Handle * chars in a way that works for Windows #202

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isaacs opened this issue Oct 10, 2018 · 1 comment
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Handle * chars in a way that works for Windows #202

isaacs opened this issue Oct 10, 2018 · 1 comment

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isaacs commented Oct 10, 2018

If possible, escape like <>:; chars are.

See: npm/npm-packlist#9

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isaacs commented Jan 29, 2020

There is no way to do this properly or consistently.

You can replace * with <ef 80 aa> in the filename, and it shows as * for ls and windows bash, but Explorer and dir will show mojibake.

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