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enable use of metacharacter of regex when (re)naming files on mobile app

enable use of metacharacter of regex when (re)naming files on mobile app

mikomdias
New member | Level 2

on desktop, as normally expected, files can have double quotes, greater/smaller symbols and so on on the file names, but when dealing with these files on the mobile app — i.e. renaming them — the app blocks us complaining that these characters are invalid.

there's no practical reason for this considering that you can edit these files on desktop. it should be allowed to have the same characters that win/POSIX/iOS file systems support.

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Hannah
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Thanks for your feedback here, @mikomdias!

 

I'll make sure that your comments are passed along to our team.

 

If you need anything else, please let us know.

 

Have a great weekend!


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