Forbidden Characters

Due to operating system limitations, the use of certain characters and filenames as instance names is forbidden!

Windows

This is the most restrictive operating system in terms of file naming.

Your instance name cannot:

• Be an empty string
• Be longer than 255 characters
• End with a period (.)
• End with a space ( )
• Contain any ASCII control characters
• Contain any of the following characters:
  • < (less than)
  • > (greater than)
  • : (colon)
  • " (double quote)
  • / (forward slash)
  • \ (backslash)
  • | (pipe)
  • ? (question mark)
  • * (asterisk)

Additionally, you cannot use any of the following reserved names:

• CON, PRN, AUX, NUL
• COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9
• LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9

macOS & Linux

These operating systems are more lenient in terms of file naming.

Your instance name cannot:

• Be an empty string
• Be longer than 255 characters
• Contain forward slashes (/)
• Contain null characters