On 12/12/2017 03:55 PM, Tim Streater wrote:

[snip]

This whole issue is just another bit of fallout from the Windows
nonsense of *requiring* a file extension.

You can create a file that looks like it has no extension (actually the
extension is an empty string) and work with it, although some programs
may add an extension.

What Windows won't accept is a filename that is ONLY extension (such as
".htaccess" (it complains about there being no filename).

I just checked this on Windows 7, but it appears to be correct fir other
versions as well.

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