[Samba] Question: backslash in file name

Chris Osicki osk at admin.swisscom-mobile.ch
Thu Oct 25 14:56:34 GMT 2007


On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:31:56 +0200
Chris Osicki <osk at admin.swisscom-mobile.ch> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> I have a applikation (Oracle DB) which writes files with a backslash in names, i.e:
> 
> Log\GEN_INPUT_BASED_2899.csv
> 
> not a problem for Unix but Samba present it to Windows users as:
> 
> L2CYOP~L.CSV
> 
> Is there any way _in Samba_ to strip this 'Log\' and give back to user the GEN_INPUT_BASED_2899.csv part.
> 
> Tha appliance (EMC Celerra) I've just migrated data from, was magicaly doing this.
> 
> Thanks for your time and any hint.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris
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Replying to my own stupid question. 
Samba cannot do anything else, what it does is correct.

Sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Chris


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