Creating illegal filenames

[quitelost]

Using FileZilla v2.2.9 on a Win XP Home system, sftp
transferring for a GNU/Linux system.

FileZilla somehow manages to create a directory entry
with (
from what it looks like) two dots (..) in them. The
transfered
directory actually contained three dots. The complete
directory tree starting with this directory is now
inaccessible
from windows, with the message "c:/foo/bar/baz.. refers
to a location which is not available [...]" (translated
from Swedish). Alas, I cannot even remove the directory
in question; I get the same message.

FileZilla should probably be a bit more careful when
creating filenames, as they can possibly contain
non-windows legal characters and combinations.

I would be nice if FileZilla could translate or remove
such characters, without miscreating them like this, or
like most
other file transfer software seem to do; just fail
silently and not bother to create the misnamed file at all.

[Alexander Schuch]

As far as I know, dots are perfectly allowed in directory/file names on Windows. Windows Explorer behaves little strange when dots are at certain positions, like an item starting with a dot, but using the DOS command prompt usually allows to fix the problem.

Have a look at the following FileZilla 3 bug report as well:
[ 1792985 ] Filter invalid characters from filename

Closing this report. Follow ups should go to tracker item mentioned above.