Fw: wildcards in HEAD/SAMBA_2_2

[Gerald Carter]

Andrew Tridgell wrote:
> 
> I've done a couple of commits on this, and will be 
> doing more shortly. What I am aiming for initially is 
> the broad algorithm properties. Specifically:
> 
> - does the server match on both short and long names?
> - does it match base and extensions separately?
> 
> so far I think the answer to both of the above is yes, 
> but I want to do more testing to be sure.
> 
> I've been doing other tests on this sort of thing as 
> well. One problem is that at this protocol level the 
> server renames files as they are opened. So for example if 
> you open ".x." then it will get saved as ".x" - auto-stripping 
> the trailing dot. That breaks masktest. I'm working on a 
> proper fix.

sounds good to me.  I just wanted to make sure I hadn't 
dropped the ball and was suppoesed to be doing something on
this.




Cheers, jerry
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