A.3 Notes about command execution
This section provides notes that apply to all commands.
- Important
For the notes specific to the individual commands (including those that differ from the notes common to all commands), see Notes in the explanation of each command.
If you specify a path in a command argument, you must specify an absolute path. The length of an absolute path must not exceed 255 characters. The following table shows the permitted characters and symbols.
Table A‒2: Characters and symbols permitted for paths in command arguments No.
Characters and symbols
Remarks
1
Alphanumeric characters
--
2
Space
If a path contains a space, enclose the entire path in double quotation marks (").
Folder names cannot begin or end with a space.
3
_ (underscore)
--
4
. (period)
--
5
- (hyphen)
--
6
: (colon)
Can be used only as the drive delimiter.
7
# (hash mark)
--
8
@ (at mark)
--
9
\ (backslash)
Can be used only as the folder delimiter.
10
() (parentheses)
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- Legend:
--: No remarks
Note also that a path cannot contain a folder name or file name that includes a Windows reserved device name (such as AUX, CON, NUL, PRN, CLOCK$, COM1 through COM9, LPT1 through LPT9).
Do not specify the same file when simultaneously executing multiple commands that perform file input or output.