samba 2.2.8/util_str.c - Why is '$' exempted from '_' replac

[John E. Malmberg]

John E. Malmberg wrote:
> In article <CF0913E9C3D53D4E94DE47FDE25C633D0532F40A at hermes.cofiroute.com>,
> COLLOT Jean-Yves <jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr> writes:
>  
>>So, now, try to create a printer share named SYS$PRINT, or try, on any
>>printer share, to print a file named TOTO$TEXT.LOG. If you remove the '$'
>>exemption in UTIL_SRC.C, the "%f" part of the command will be replaced =
>>by "TOTO_TEXT.LOG", and the queue name (%p) will be replaced by  "SYS_PRINT".
>>
>>It will not work so well...
> 
> I will submit it as an enhancement to Bugzilla of a change needed in the
> SAMBA code specificially for VMS.

Bug #1916 entered in Bugzilla.

Note that since the bash shell may be present on an OpenVMS system, 
there may be other things to consider.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net
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