On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 09:30:26PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2008-10-15 11:05:24, schrieb Adam Hardy:
> > Is there a basis for the file name restrictions on ext3, i.e. can I say,
> > well ext3 is based on a standard, so I'm going to restrict the file names
> > on macs, otherwise they wo
Am 2008-10-15 11:05:24, schrieb Adam Hardy:
> Is there a basis for the file name restrictions on ext3, i.e. can I say,
> well ext3 is based on a standard, so I'm going to restrict the file names
> on macs, otherwise they won't be backed up?
There are none. You can even have a backslash in the F
On 2008-Oct-15, at 6:05 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
I created a samba share on one of my debian boxes with a ext3 file
system and unfortunately I can't write files with certain file names
from Mac OSX.
This disrupts the back-up process which takes about an hour every
time to fail when I want to
Adam Hardy wrote:
> After finding out all I could about Mac file systems and names, my
> conclusion is that macs are pretty special, especially their file
> systems.
Funny thing is, the colon is a restricted character in Mac filesystems,
too... the colon at least until OS X (and possibly still in t
.
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:37 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: List Debian User
> Subject: Re: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions
>
> Tammo Schuelke on 15/10/08 11:15, wrote:
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Adam writes:
> Is there a basis for the file name restrictions on ext3, i.e. can I say,
> well ext3 is based on a standard, so I'm going to restrict the file names
> on macs, otherwise they won't be backed up?
You can use any printable character other than '/'. ':; is entirely legal
and often use
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adam Hardy:
>>
>> For instance, there is one file name like this:
>>
>> 2AE2EAEE-57AC-46D8-B619-C2167D4C6786:ABPerson.abcdp
>>
>> which has a colon in it that I guess is the problem.
>
> I am not sure either, but I'd bet o
Tammo Schuelke on 15/10/08 11:15, wrote:
-Original Message- From: Adam Hardy
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
12:05 PM To: List Debian User Subject: ext3 filesystem and file name
restrictions
Hi,
I created a samba share on one of my debian boxes with a ext3
Adam Hardy:
>
> For instance, there is one file name like this:
>
> 2AE2EAEE-57AC-46D8-B619-C2167D4C6786:ABPerson.abcdp
>
> which has a colon in it that I guess is the problem.
I am not sure either, but I'd bet on that, too. I guess this is not even
a problem with neither MacOS X or ext3 -- it
Have you tried creating a file with a colon in its name by hand?
I just tested it, both ext3 and samba don't have a problem with it (only
Windows clients don't like it).
With which error message does it fail?
Tammo
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent:
PS: the file with a colon in its name comes from a Mac? From what I just read,
the Mac OS FS (HFS+) doesn't support colons in filenames.
http://www.xvsxp.com/files/forbidden.php
Tammo
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1
Adam Hardy wrote:
Hi,
I created a samba share on one of my debian boxes with a ext3 file
system and unfortunately I can't write files with certain file names
from Mac OSX.
This disrupts the back-up process which takes about an hour every time
to fail when I want to try it out again.
For i
Have you tried creating a file with a colon in its name by hand?
I just tested it, both ext3 and samba don't have a problem with it (only
Windows clients don't like it).
With which error message does it fail?
Tammo
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent:
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