[Javascript] RegEx for validating a file name

Paul Novitski paul at novitskisoftware.com
Thu May 19 12:34:35 CDT 2005


At 09:49 AM 5/19/2005, Hassan Schroeder wrote:
>..just want to forget it altogether? :-)
>
>Using Linux/MacOS/Windows,
>
>  "log4j.properties" is a valid filename
>  "Hassan_Schroeder.resume.pdf" is a valid filename
>  "Picture of the Dogs.jpeg" is a valid filename
>
>..none of which would pass the proposed regex.

Quite right -- one of my brain's feet must have been standing momentarily 
in MS-DOSville.

P. 





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