Subject: Re: Why do long names (char > 27) not created through atalk not show up over atalk?
From: Danny Sauer (dsauer@teleologic.net)
Date: Thu Feb 15 2001 - 10:36:59 EST
Bill wrote regarding 'Re: Why do long names (char > 27) not created through atalk not show up over atalk?' on Thu, Feb 15 at 07:59:
> Carsten Neumann wrote:
> > > 27 + '.' + 'M$ style 3 letter extension' ?, thats 31 characters....
> >
> > Feel like lying naked under the table of a pub - people tumbling around,
> > kicking my balls.
>
> To each his own.
Eeek.
> > Filenames aren't "suffixed" by afpd when transferred to a Mac.
> > If so: why? There would be no need. Netatalk is not samba!
>
> No, but if samba were creating the files, it would look on the Mac like
> the "filename" (the part before the dot) was limited to 27 chars.
You mean if the files were created on windows with "hide registered file types"
activated, then the windows user would only see 27 chars, but the mac and *nix
sides would see the dot and extension that windows creates behind the scenes,
pushing the real filename over the 31 char limit. Right?
The problem here, as usual, likely lies with windows. :)
--Danny
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