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typo (martin) | 4.1 Escaping of special characters is reversed on upload (martin) | ||
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Use selector to choose a way how to convert filename case when transferring files. This is particularly useful when transferring files between platform with case-sensitive file-system (like Unix) and platform with case-insensitive file-system (like Windows or Mac). Special option //Lower case 8.3// is useful for [[task_upload|uploads]] only. With it only files whose filename follows legacy MS-DOS format (8-letter name and 3-letter extension, all letters uppercase) are converted to lower case. | Use selector to choose a way how to convert filename case when transferring files. This is particularly useful when transferring files between platform with case-sensitive file-system (like Unix) and platform with case-insensitive file-system (like Windows or Mac). Special option //Lower case 8.3// is useful for [[task_upload|uploads]] only. With it only files whose filename follows legacy MS-DOS format (8-letter name and 3-letter extension, all letters uppercase) are converted to lower case. | ||
- | The //Replace '\:*?'// checkbox affects [[task_download|downloads]] only. It makes WinSCP automatically modify filenames to match Windows requirements: | + | The //Replace '\:*?'// checkbox enables automatic modification of filenames to match Windows requirements. |
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+ | On download, WinSCP: | ||
* Replaces characters that are not allowed in Windows filenames (''/\:*?\"<>|'') with ''%XX'', where ''XX'' is hexadecimal representation of character ASCII code. | * Replaces characters that are not allowed in Windows filenames (''/\:*?\"<>|'') with ''%XX'', where ''XX'' is hexadecimal representation of character ASCII code. | ||
* Replaces trailing space with ''%20''. | * Replaces trailing space with ''%20''. | ||
+ | On upload, WinSCP reverses the modifications to restore original filename. | ||
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