File Name changes across Samba

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Mar 25 00:33:47 UTC 2009


On 03/24/2009 01:56 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> So here's the question: anyone know why the '?' in the file name would
>> cause samba to change to 'FYL228~4.EML'?
> 
> Not really, but it sounds like some quirk in a 8.3
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename) algorithm.  The SAMBA list
> (https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba) might give you a more
> definitive answer.
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 

Thanks. I'll have a look & see what I can find out. This took me a bit
by surprise as it's the first such file name that I've left as is with
all the spaces and the '?' mark.





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