Restrictions

1. Restricted  characters in file/folder name include  \  /  "   :  < >  |  *  ?  +  

2. File/Folder Names cannot end with a period

3. File/Folder names cannot begin or end with spaces

4. File/Folder names cannot contain Control Characters

5. Files that meet the criteria below are also prohibited 

• match one of the following exactly: .ds_store, .metadata_never_index, .thumbs_db, powerpoint temp, desktop.ini, icon\r

• end with: ., ~, ._attribs_, ._rights_, ._egn_, _egnmeta, .tmp, -spotlight, .dwl, .dwl1, .dwl2, .ac$, .sv$, *.~vsdx

• start with: ._, .~, word work file, _egn_., .smbdelete

• start with: ~ and end with .idlk, .xlsx, .xlsx (deleted), .pptx, .pptx (deleted)

• start with: ~$ and end with .doc, .docx, .docx (deleted), .ppt, .pptx, .pptx (deleted), .xlsm, .xlsm (deleted), .sldlfp, .slddrw, .sldprt

• are AutoCAD temp files starting with atmp and ending with four numbers, e.g. atm3829

• are SAS temp files ending in .sas.b follwed by two numbers, e.g. myFile.sas.b73

• are PDF temp files starting with aa followed by a single letter followed by five numbers, e.g. aau38221 

6. Folders meeting the criteria below are also prohibited 

• match one of the following exactly: .data, .tmp

• start with: .spotlight-

7. Egnyte has the following path restrictions 245 bytes per path component (e.g. a file or folder name) and 5000 bytes for the entire path (including the filename). 

8. Other Egnyte specific restrictions can be found here: https://helpdesk.egnyte.com/hc/en-us/articles/201637074-Unsupported-Characters-and-File-Types

Connector Creation Settings

The domain, username and password will need to be provided to create the connector, example below.

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