[vdr] Re: Vdr, Samba and Directory names

[Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Marc Stauff wrote:

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

I suppose, it's not because of the length, it's because of the `:' in the
name (which is not allowed on dos or windows)

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Johannes Schoeller wrote:

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

That's what VFAT is for: it replaces all occurances of `:' in the
filenames.

c ya
        Sergei

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