File name truncation 3.0.2-rc1 profiles

[Jeff Mandel]

Michael B Allen wrote:

>Richard Sharpe said:
>  
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>>>Anyway, the fix is to convert all files into your current 'unix
>>>charset'.  So, if that is UTF8, then rename files that are in CP850 (or
>>>whatever you had your clients using under 2.2) into UTF8.  Iconv can
>>>help, and there might even be some scripts people can help you with.  if
>>>the only problem is the 'floppy' link, then just delete them, and let
>>>them be recreated :-)
>>>      
>>>
>>Hmmm, someone sent me a script to deal with these problems a long time
>>ago.
>>
>>I wonder if I can find it.
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>>
>
>There's lotz of them. A quick search on Freshmeat found this was pretty
>popular:
>
>  http://j3e.de/linux/convmv/
>
>Mike
>  
>
Thanks for that link, convmv worked quite nicely.
The most prevalent problem file by far was that floppy link. "3« Floppy 
(A).lnk".

I even found a pointer to it in the samba documenation:
Chapter 27. Unicode/Charsets
Part III. Advanced Configuration

Jeff