Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-23 Thread Gabor Kiss [Bitman]
> i had this problems too, when i worked with some grafics , > i wrote a bash script which renamed there special filenames every day. > Maybe a guru has an solution for you , but in case of /\ i dont know any Any non-alphanumeric chars should be encoded. E.g. as printed quotable encoding does. Ga

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.\and /)

2004-09-22 Thread Mark C. Casey
r.gz file to write to multiple tapes or dvds. Thanks for all the help Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of rruegner Sent: 22 September 2004 10:10 To: Simon Hobson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containin

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.\and /)

2004-09-22 Thread rruegner
Hi, i total agree with you, using a mac server, or and educate the users will be the only solution which will work now and in the future. If it such important to store this ugly named stuff on a fileserver costs will rise for sure, but costs shouldnt be the main problem if you plan to setup a lo

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.\and /)

2004-09-22 Thread Simon Hobson
Mark C. Casey wrote: We _cannot_ go about renaming files, for a number of reasons.. the primary being some of the files are technically not ours to alter without a clients permission (names and all) and you don't understand just how many files there are. There are quite probably thousands of

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.\and /)

2004-09-22 Thread Mark C. Casey
damn sight cheaper than a Mac equivalent server solution. (hell that's cheaper than a normal Mac tower) Mark -Original Message- From: Craig White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 September 2004 18:45 To: Mark C. Casey Subject: RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slas

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /)

2004-09-21 Thread rruegner
er Cc: Mark C. Casey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /) Hi Mark, as thought about your problem did you try nfs or ssh for this file types, as your users use mac os 10 this maybe a possible solution, but i am nearly sure that windo

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Mark C. Casey
-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark C. Casey Sent: 21 September 2004 17:10 To: rruegner Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /) They use a mixture of OS 9.x (primary Mac OS they use) and 10.x. So NFS is pro

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Mark C. Casey
either. >> >> Mark >> >> -Original Message- >> From: rruegner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 21 September 2004 14:50 >> To: Mark C. Casey >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread rruegner
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /) Hi Mark, as far i know, \ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software should interpret this in another way. using special signs as filenames are a bug in user brain not in the software

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Mark C. Casey
nt: 21 September 2004 16:53 To: Simon Hobson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /) Sorry Simon, for sure the users does what their os allows them to do, but that musnt be named as inteligent in anyway. Building filenames which are

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread rruegner
Sorry Simon, for sure the users does what their os allows them to do, but that musnt be named as inteligent in anyway. Building filenames which are not compatibel between varias oses is simply brainbugged, in my proffesional setups, i never gave support to users which worked so.My oppinion is , t

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread rruegner
: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /) Hi Mark, as far i know, \ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software should interpret this in another way. using special signs as filenames are a bug in user brain not in the software of fileservers

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Mark C. Casey
I'm still looking but is it possible to use mangled maps? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Hobson Sent: 21 September 2004 15:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka.

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Simon Hobson
rruegner wrote: as far i know, \ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software should interpret this in another way. using special signs as filenames are a bug in user brain not in the software of fileservers, whatever you use Except that the Mac uses neither (internally it use

RE: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread Mark C. Casey
2004 14:50 To: Mark C. Casey Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /) Hi Mark, as far i know, \ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software should interpret this in another way. using special signs as filenames

Re: [Samba] Filename problem (filenames containing slashes aka. \ and /)

2004-09-21 Thread rruegner
Hi Mark, as far i know, \ / are interpreted as path signs, i am not clear why any software should interpret this in another way. using special signs as filenames are a bug in user brain not in the software of fileservers, whatever you use Regards Mark C. Casey schrieb: I'm currently in the proce