[jcifs] Creating file with hash ('#') in filename

[Michael B. Allen]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:06:49 -0800
Thomas Krammer <TKrammer at nxn-software.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm trying to create a file with a hash mark ('#') in the filename on a SMB
> server. This works fine using the Windows Explorer but fails when I try it
> using jCIFS 0.7.0.
> 
> When I'm using the SMB URL "smb://server/share/test#1.txt" a file named
> "test" is created because the "#1.txt" is interpreted as the fragment part
> of the URL.
> 
> When I URL encode the hash mark ("smb://server/share/test%231.txt") a file
> named "test%231.txt" gets created.
> 
> Looking at the "SMB Filesharing URL Scheme" document I didn't find any
> information how to encode the path component of the SMB URL.
> 
> Did I miss something or is it simply not possible? 

No. It's currently not possible to reference such a file. I've known
about this for a while but I have not quite come up with a solution.

Actually this is your area Chris. What does the latest draft way :~)

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