about "+" in file name

[Fade]

Hi,

We have some files and folders with a plus sign "+" in their names. It
seems the search service cannot process these files correctly. In the
crawl log, there are a few lines like this:
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http://pekw282a/sites/...i /mt/feb.13/cbi _01532.xls
The docfile has been corrupted.
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Actually the file name is "cbi+_01532.xls". The search service changes
"+" to "%20", so it cannot get the right file.

Is there any way I can get the search service work with these files,
or "+" is not allowed in sharepoint doc library at all?

[John Timney (MVP)]

+ is not supported

http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/archive/2007/04/26/20302.aspx

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog

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[LoriH]

Some kind of filename governance for your users is in order. In my previous
job we sent out some rules having to do with filenames - keep them short,
simple and use the Title field for all of that other extraneous information.
I based our user re-training on blog posts from Eric Legault and Joel Oleson
(below).

There are two good posts about illegal characters in site and file names.
The first is Eric Legault
http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/archive/2007/04/26/20302.aspx and the
other is Joel Oleson
http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/06/27/file-name-length-size-and-invalid-character-restrictions-and-recommendations.aspx.

Because no one ever taught the "average" user how to name files, we had tons
and tons of files with length and character issues. I would highly recommend
getting the Bulk Rename Utility to aid your users in renaming their files.
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

Good luck...