# Question mark in folder name **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845 "2010-12-23T07:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/1 "2010-12-23T07:09:23Z")
Hello, I’ve noticed a strange issue using nginx 0.8.54 where a question mark in the folder name will cause 404 errors regardless of it existing or not. If I manually replace the ? with the encoded %3F it will work fine… Thanks Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[question mark in folder name](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,160643,160643#msg-160643)** > > Hello, I've noticed a strange issue using nginx 0.8.54 where a question mark in the folder name will cause 404 errors regardless of it existing or not. If I manually replace the ? with the encoded %3F it will work fine... Thanks ---
**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/2 "2010-12-23T12:36:53Z")
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:07 PM, eiji-gravion [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > I’ve noticed a strange issue using nginx 0.8.54 where a question mark in > the folder name will cause 404 errors regardless of it existing or not. > > If I manually replace the ? with the encoded %3F it will work fine… anything after question mark is query string. ---
**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/3 "2010-12-23T12:37:31Z")
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Edho P Arief [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > and the nginx autodirectory forgot to escape that character. ---
**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/4 "2010-12-23T13:37:56Z")
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Maxim D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello! whoops, I forgot to check with latest nginx. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/5 "2010-12-23T13:36:04Z")
Hello! On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 06:36:29PM +0700, Edho P Arief wrote: > > anything after question mark is query string. > > and the nginx autodirectory forgot to escape that character. > **[\[PATCH\] Autoindex: escape '?' in file names](http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2010-February/000112.html)** Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-mark-in-folder-name/200845/6 "2010-12-23T13:58:02Z")
Hello! On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 07:36:24PM +0700, Edho P Arief wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Maxim D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Hello! > > whoops, I forgot to check with latest nginx. Sorry. No, not really. This patch still actual (not present in latest nginx). Maxim D.