ipfs get doesn't work on files with "]" in the name about kubo HOT 6 OPEN

reproduce in old version v0.9.1

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On the Linux version 0.16.0 I didn't get any errors.

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This is because this problem is specific to MS Windows.

Ref. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file:

The following reserved characters:

    < (less than)
    > (greater than)
    : (colon)
    " (double quote)
    / (forward slash)
    \ (backslash)
    | (vertical bar or pipe)
    ? (question mark)
    * (asterisk)

User-friendly way to resolve this is to

• easy fix: provide user with meaningful error ("Microsoft Windows does not support" instead of vague "invalid platform path".
• proper fix: add ipfs get --with-unsupported-filenames as opt-in (and mention it in the error returned to the user) – passing this parameter will allow Windows users to get data but replace unsupported characters in filenames with underscore (_).

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hi @Arlodotexe I am looking at this issue but cannot reproduce it. can you please post a stack trace?

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@lidel this is not reproducible on windows.

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@susarlanikhilesh files do not have names they are just bytes, directories have a list of name cid pairs.

You need to try to download the folder that contains a file with a ] not a file.

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