why leading space on folder names works ?

[Michael REMY]

hi,

by renaming with mistake, i create a list of folders which each name contains a leading space

i was surprised because the end space is not allowed in TC. So, why let us have a leading space in folder name ?

Just a question, not a bug.

Best regards

[Dalai]

Well, Windows allows leading spaces, but not trailing ones. Note that Explorer removes leading and trailing spaces (at least on XP), but CMD allows to create directories named like " foobar". So TC just "follows the rules".

Regards
Dalai

[MVV]

Trailing spaces are also allowed, you can create such folder with e.g. command md "foo \" in CMD (you can even do something like md "foo . . .\"). Though I understand that it is senseless and OS API trims trailing spaces and dots when folders are created in a usual way.