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Entity Names
AccuRev deals with many kinds of named entities: files, directories, pathnames, depots, users, and so on. The table below details the restrictions on user-defined names for the various entities. Names are case-sensitive by default; for example, user john is not the same as user John. In case-insensitive depots, pathnames are case-insensitive.
Note: In the table below, “characters” means NON-NULL characters. Do not subtract 1 to account for the terminating NUL.
|
Kind |
Max.Name Length |
Characters Allowed in Name |
Character Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| depot | 79 | A-Z,a-z,0-9 - _ . + @ SPACE | May begin with a digit (provided there is at least one non-digit in the name), must not begin with a dot (.), and must not include either a slash (/) or a backslash (\). Non-ASCII Unicode characters are not supported. |
|
stream |
79 |
A-Z,a-z,0-9 non-ASCII Unicode |
May begin with a digit (provided there is at least one non-digit in the name), must not begin with a dot (.), and must not include either a slash (/) or a backslash (\). Non-ASCII Unicode characters are permitted. |
|
user |
99 |
A-Z,a-z,0-9 - _ . + @ SPACE |
Must begin with a letter. Non-ASCII Unicode characters are not supported. |
|
password |
19 |
any |
None. Caution: This means special characters, such as BACKSPACE, are valid password characters. |
|
pathname of slice (of a depot or replica) |
255 |
name validation performed by the operating system |
Applied by the operating system. |
|
pathname of workspace |
127 |
name validation performed by the operating system |
Applied by the operating system. |
|
segment (between slashes) of element pathname |
255 |
name validation performed by the operating system |
Applied by the operating system. |
