Bug 37737

Summary:	> is allowed for file and folder names in Linux
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	David Dykstal <ddykstal.eclipse>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description David Dykstal

2003-05-15 18:10:24 EDT

The character > passes the Linux implementation 
IWorkspace.validateName(String, int).

Comment 1 David Dykstal

2003-05-15 18:21:56 EDT

Could it be that this is, in fact, a valid filename under Linux?

Comment 2 David Dykstal

2003-05-16 10:48:32 EDT

It turns out that < is a valid file name.  My error.  Closing.