Rodent theme, illegal filenames on windows

Jasper Huijsmans jasper at xfce.org
Sat Dec 18 11:02:47 CET 2004


Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the Rodent theme uses filenames (Rodent/48x48/filesystems/Makefile.am) 
> that are illegal under windows. Example:
> 
> install-data-local:
>         $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(icondir)
>         ( cd $(DESTDIR)$(icondir) ; \
>           rm -f mime-inode:blockdevice.png ; \
> ...
> 
> Windows doesn't allow a colon (:) in a filename. Any suggestions on how 
> to fix this? Can we rename these files globally, or should I add a 
> cygwin-specific section to the Makefile.am?
> 

Hehe, then it seems the proposed freedesktop standard excludes windows...

I think they are symlinks, so the easiest way may be to not create and 
remove these files for cygwin. It shouldn't affect Xfce.

Benedikt, any houghts on this?

	Jasper



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