Problem with deleting files with long filenames from samba share

[Rob Jackson]

A little more info on the filenames.  In more research, 8.3 and longer
works, it is actually the format used.

If the filename is not unique for the first 6 charaters, it fails, if the
filename is 8.3 or longer, but only if there are enough to start causing
duplicate short filenames.

example:

08/01/2003  03:14 PM    <DIR>                       .
08/01/2003  02:49 PM    <DIR>                       ..
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~RM.TXT ddddd100eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~UL.TXT ddddd101eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~LO.TXT ddddd102eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~ON.TXT ddddd103eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~@I.TXT ddddd104eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~%H.TXT ddddd105eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~XK.TXT ddddd106eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~_J.TXT ddddd107eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~3U.TXT ddddd108eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~6T.TXT ddddd109eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~T0.TXT ddddd110eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~V%.TXT ddddd111eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~N2.TXT ddddd112eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~Q1.TXT ddddd113eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~#@.TXT ddddd114eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~0!.TXT ddddd115eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~Y$.TXT ddddd116eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~-#.TXT ddddd117eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~58.TXT ddddd118eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~87.TXT ddddd119eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~UL.TXT ddddd120eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~RM.TXT ddddd121eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~ON.TXT ddddd122eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~LO.TXT ddddd123eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~%H.TXT ddddd124eeeeeeee.txt
08/01/2003  03:14 PM                 4 DDDDD~@I.TXT ddddd125eeeeeeee.txt
              26 File(s)            104 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   3,726,114,816 bytes free

-Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Jackson" <robertj at linux4free.com>
To: <samba-technical at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: Problem with deleting files with long filenames from samba share


> Problem is with del in windows with 8.3 or longer filenames and 25+ files
in direcotry.
>
> Mounted and mapped samba share to windowsXP.  Then through command line I
issue a 'del *.*' within the directory that has 25 or more files.
>
> Error messages are as follows:
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> About half of the files acutally get deleted.
>
> I only get the problem with 8.3 or greater filenames.  7.3 and less, does
not have this proplem.  Also, it seems to be isolated to del.  Copy and move
still work.
>
> Server Specs:
>
> Redhat 8.0
> Samba 2.2.5
>
> Also get the same problem with 2.2.8.
>