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

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

On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Simon Dean (SD) wrote:

SD> Wouldn't it be easier to just remove the full stops/periods from the
SD> ends of directory names?  It would be easier for all samba users if the
SD> VFAT directory format worked with the default samba settings.
SD>
SD> Windows 2000/Xp won't even let you create directories with full
SD> stops/periods at the ends, not from Explorer and not from a command
SD> prompt.

There are much more incompatibilities between Windows-like file names and
unix-like file names. e.g. on a unix file system you can create two files
named like "File" and "FiLe" -- they are two different files. in Windows
you can not create this two files an the same directory, although windows
file systems create Files case sensitively.

VDR can not handle _all_ such incompatibilities.  That's what samba is
for. Especially if there is a special configuration parameter in smb.conf

just my 2 cents

c ya
        Sergei
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