[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12280: ^ is an escape char in the windows OS

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#12280: ^ is an escape char in the windows OS
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 Reporter:  hakre         |       Owner:  ryan     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0      
Component:  Security      |     Version:  3.0      
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch
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Comment(by hakre):

 ^ is an escape char in the windows OS. so it has a special meaning. those
 are to be removed from filenames as per definition of function
 sanitize_file_name():

 {{{
  * Removes special characters that are illegal in filenames on certain
  * operating systems and special characters requiring special escaping
  * to manipulate at the command line. [...]
 }}}

 See section "Escape Character" in http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-esc.html

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