Steps to reproduce
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Within the linux file system create a file names
";\:".
/home/user1:~/$touch ;\: -
Open a vault using the directory were the file is located. “/home/user1” in the example above.
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Should receive an error indicating that
'/home/path/to/file/;/:'is not a directory.
Expected result
It is understood that if you attempt to create a file from within Obsidian using characters that are supported in Linux but not in windows, it will be rejected. However, a user may be generating a vault from a repository and not have control over the names of the files.
Within linux "\" is a valid filename character, and it is expected that Obsidian would not interpret it as a "/" directory indicator.
Actual result
Obsidian appears to be converting the filename and path using a library or code that does not distinguish between the forward slash "/" a divisor indicating directories, and the backward slash "\" which can be interpreted as an escape character or in this case should be interpreted as a filename character. This causes a directory named /dir1 with a file name of ;\: to be interpreted as /dir1/;/: instead of /dir1/;\:.
Environment
- Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04
- Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.1.16
Installer version: v0.15.9
Operating system: #74-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 22 14:14:39 UTC 2023 5.15.0-67-generic
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: off
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 3
Plugins enabled: 3
1: Templater v1.12.0
2: txt as md v0.0.1
3: Pandoc Plugin v0.2.5
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The issue is present regardless of the plugins installed or activated.