Re: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions

[Sjoerd Hardeman <sjoerd@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl>]

Adam Hardy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I created a samba share on one of my debian boxes with a ext3 file 
> system and unfortunately I can't write files with certain file names 
> from Mac OSX.
>
> This disrupts the back-up process which takes about an hour every time 
> to fail when I want to try it out again.
>
> For instance, there is one file name like this:
>
> 2AE2EAEE-57AC-46D8-B619-C2167D4C6786:ABPerson.abcdp
>
> which has a colon in it that I guess is the problem.
I don't think so:
$ touch test:test
$ ls test:test
test:test

so colons are not a problem. I also don't see any other character that 
should pose a problem, so I guess you have some other difficultly.
> After finding out all I could about Mac file systems and names, my 
> conclusion is that macs are pretty special, especially their file systems.
>
> Is there a basis for the file name restrictions on ext3, i.e. can I say, 
> well ext3 is based on a standard, so I'm going to restrict the file 
> names on macs, otherwise they won't be backed up?
>
>
> Thanks
> Adam

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