On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 03:46:01PM -0500, Jim Davee wrote: > > 1. Files that end in "." (a dot) are producing short-name displays on > Windows such as "filen~12" instead of "filename.". When we remove the dot > as the last character of the file name, the Windows display works properly > and shows the long name. Why would an ending dot produce this behavior?
By design. Files ending in a dot are not valid 8.3 names. They aren't on Windows too - it silently removes the dot when creating them. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
