[vdr] Re: SAMBA incompatibilities with VFAT=1 directory names

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Subject: [vdr] Re: SAMBA incompatibilities with VFAT=1 directory names (21-Apr-2002 2:15)
From:    linux-dvb@sickhack.com
To:      vdr@linuxtv.org

> > Maybe the directory name is too long for Windows?
> > Perhaps Windows can only handle directory names up to 80 characters?
> > 
> > You could try renaming
> > 
> > 
> >
> A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_and_
> he
> > ars_some_news_she_wasn#27t_expecting._W#2FS
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > 
> >
> A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_and_
> he
> > ars
> 
> I CANNOT SEE the contents of: 
> 
> V:\A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_a
> nd_hears_some_news_she_wasn#27t_expecting._W#2FS.
> 
> V:\A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_a
> nd_hears_some_news_she_wasn#27t_expecting._W#2FS2.
> 
> But I CAN SEE the contents of: 
> 
> V:\A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_a
> nd_hears_some_news_she_wasn#27t_expecting._W#2FS.1
> 
> V:\A_Man_You_Don#27t_Meet_Every_Day#3A_Jude_meets_a_face_from_the_past_a
> nd_hears_some_news_she_wasn#27t_expecting._W#2FS.2
> 
> V:\directory
> 
> V:\directory.
> 
> It would appear to be a combination of long directory names with periods
> at the end.  

Here too.

When i answered the initial poster a while ago i just copied the directory-name
with windows cut&paste and it worked. What i don't saw was that the period at the
end wasn't inserted when creating the directory.

...Andreas