[GRASS-user] Not accepted characters for mapset name

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some hints are in

http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/lib/gis/legal_name.c#L33

and have also a look at
http://ascii-table.com/

some additional informations regarding different operating systems:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
http://support.grouplogic.com/?p=1607
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751487.aspx

and there maybe also some sql-related limitations:
i.e. http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/postgresql/vol1/SpecialCharacters.html

Helmut

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[please keep it on the mailing list, so others can benefit of it]

for example the official grassgis-sample-dataset of north carolina is named "nc_spm_08"
(http://grass.osgeo.org/download/data.php)

HTH
Helmut

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Von: "Nikos Dumakis" <nikosdu1980@gmail.com>
Gesendet: 14.03.2011 10:29:04
An: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik@web.de>
Betreff: Re: Not accepted characters for mapset name

THank you Helmut. So, as far as I can see, I'm able to use _ as MAPSET name right?

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