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What are invalid characters for a file name under OS X?

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I am having trouble finding this information, and trial and error is telling me that there may not be any. What are invalid characters for a file name on OS X Lion (10.7)?

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What are invalid characters for a file name under OS X? wiki HFS+: Allowed characters in filenames Unicode, any character, including NUL. OS APIs may limit some characters for legacy reasons Finder doesn't currently allow entering colons in in file …

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