[vdr] Re: Vdr, Samba and Directory names

["Johannes Schoeller" <schoeller@gmx.at>]

compile VDR with "make VFAT=1" to make it windows
file systems compatible.
that should help.

servus hannes!

Johannes Schoeller
<schoeller@gmx.at>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Stauff" <news@stauff.org>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 3:28 PM
Subject: [vdr] Vdr, Samba and Directory names


>
> Hi list !
>
> Sorry for beeing slightly offtopic, but perhaps someone had the same
problem
> like me and can help me.
>
> I have samba on my linux-box (Suse 7.2) with vdr on it.
>
> I would like to acces the vdr-recordings on my Windows2K Pc. But when
> accessing the last subdirectory, where the actual recording is saved in,
> something does not work. The long directory name (the one with the date in
> it) is broken in Windows, similar to how long filenames in dos are
> truncated, and the dir is empty. Other long filenames work, and when i
> rename this directory to something shorter, i can see the files in there.
>
> Does anybody know how i can solve this problem ?
>
> Thanks !
>
>
>
>