Re: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions
On 2008-Oct-15, at 6:05 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
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.
I would create a sparse bundle (formatted as HFS+) on the Samba share
and back up to that. This would mean an extra mount/unmount to access
the filesystem, but you may be able to automate those steps depending
on what your back-up process is.
I don't think you can create the bundle on the Samba share because of
some unsupported locking or somesuch, so create it on your Mac and
copy it over. (I think you will see an error on the copy, too, but the
sparse bundle should work anyway in my experience. Also note that size
you give to the sparse bundle is just a maximum. It will actually be
quite small until you add files, so don't worry about creating it
locally and moving it.)
Feel free to e-mail me directly if you need help with any of this. (or
Google it. There are quite a few good articles out there.)
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