DOCUMENT:Q105359  28-OCT-1993  [W_NTAS]
TITLE   :Filenames with Trailing Periods Not Found
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to move, delete, copy, or rename a file whose name
contains a trailing period (such as README.), you will receive the one
of the following error messages.
 
If you are using File Manager:
 
   File Manager cannot move <filename and path>: The system cannot find
   the file specified. Make sure the correct path and filename are
   specified and the network is started.
 
If you are at a command prompt:
 
   The system cannot find the file specified file.
 
   -or-
 
   Could not Find <filename and path>.
 
CAUSE
=====
 
Windows NT cannot handle filenames with trailing periods. The only
known way that Windows NT allows a file to have a trailing period is
if the file was named/created by a Macintosh. In this case, the
Windows NT Advanced Server must be running, or has run, Services for
the Macintosh.
 
Macintosh users can name a file with a trailing period. That file may
then be copied to Windows NT Advanced Sever, but Windows NT Advanced
Server will not remove the period, nor will the name translation
process to 8.3 take care of the problem.
 
RESOLUTION
==========
 
The file should be renamed from a Macintosh, so that it does not
contain a trailing period.
 
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: macnt

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