File Name changes across Samba

[Derek Broughton]

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. 

In particular, that ? is a single character wild card in DOS, so obviously
impossible for an 8.3 filename.

-- 
derek