Hi France, what filesystem are you on? I know its not very helpful to say: “works on my machine”, but on macOS I could simply use your example as a path: [cid:image001.png@01D87534.4C60EF80] Can you try creating a file with that name from your Terminal or outside of BaseX? You might then try file:list() to get a glimpse whether or not the filesystem changed something. Hope this helps. In my opinion and experience for portability its safest to stick to ASCII. Best Michael Von: BaseX-Talk <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> im Auftrag von France Baril <france.baril@architextus.com> Datum: Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022 um 17:58 An: BaseX <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Cc: Eric Schieler <eschieler@nutshellcommunication.com> Betreff: [basex-talk] Cannot file:write when path has chinese characters... [file:invalid-path] Invalid file path: 'Temp/pdfs/e5-轻奢版-80-global-en-us-dh9.fo<http://xn--e5--80-global-en-us-dh9-3195b4226a2w0g.fo> Any chance this limit can be overcome? -- France Baril Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect france.baril@architextus.com<mailto:france.baril@architextus.com>