# \[X\] Characters allowed in Directory Names

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-characters-allowed-in-directory-names/8664
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-characters-allowed-in-directory-names/8664 "2009-07-24T18:38:19Z")
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### Author: ![jmthomas](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jmthomas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jmthomas)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-characters-allowed-in-directory-names/8664/1 "2009-07-24T18:38:19Z")

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I'd like to see a review of what characters are accepted for directory names in the tag-\>filename and related functions.

In my specific case, I have a directory named "[various artists]" -- note it's enclosed in square brackets -- which is ignored when generating the rename command.

I consider this in particular as a bug, because windows allows square brackets in file/directory names.

Other legal characters might also be removed, so I'm phrasing this as a request to check all characters, not just square brackets.

Thanks!

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