I'm trying to transfer files from my Steam Deck to an external drive, but I noticed that files with dots in their names are being renamed to have underscores instead. My drive is formatted as NTFS, and I want the original file names to remain intact. Is there a drive format that supports dots in file names without altering them?
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Dots in file names can sometimes cause issues, especially when transferring between different operating systems like Linux and Windows. In Linux, files that start with a dot are hidden by default, but this shouldn’t affect how they’re copied. If you’re getting a popup about unsupported formats, double-check that your drive is indeed formatted correctly as NTFS. This format should support dots as well. It might be a translation problem between the systems, so consider manually renaming them back after transfer if necessary.
I’ve noticed something similar when moving files. It switched them to underscores too, but when I went back and checked, they were just hidden on the Steam Deck. So, maybe it’s just a visualization issue.