NUL in file names verified [was Re: Why exception from os.path.exists()?]

[Steven D'Aprano]

Straight from the horse's mouth, Apple's HFS Plus volumes do indeed
support NULs in file names. Quote:


    Indirect node files exist in a special directory called the
    metadata directory. This directory exists in the volume's root
    directory. The name of the metadata directory is four null
    characters followed by the string "HFS+ Private Data".


and:

    The case-insensitive Unicode string comparison used by
    HFS Plus and case-insensitive HFSX sorts null characters
    after all other characters, so the metadata directory
    will typically be the last item in the root directory.
    On case-sensitive HFSX volumes, null characters sort
    before other characters, so the metadata directory will
    typically be the first item in the root directory.


https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#HFSPlusNames




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Steven D'Aprano
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