Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Hrm.... 8-bit character codes "file doesn't exist" problems...
From: a sun (asun@saul4.u.washington.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 12 1998 - 20:09:46 EST
So.... do I need a magic 8-bit filename flag to be enabled? Or
am I hosed here? It's a major pain in the butt, between unix
shells being very hostile to any filenames with spaces and magic
characters in them, and netatalk not letting me at the
files... etc. OY!
umm, don't do that. you'll confuse the unix<->mac translation code. if
you want to create funky-lettered stuff, do it on the mac side. it
will get translated appropriately. here's what's happening:
1) unix -> mac. name doesn't get translated, so you see your
funky characters.
2) mac -> unix. it sees that it has a funky character and
maps it to its 7-bit representation. uh oh, that file doesn't
really exist. poof.
fyi, you can exploit this to get two files with identical names on the
mac side and different names on the unix side. in any case, if you
want to rename/move things on the unix side, just use ^V and
copy-and-paste the characters in question. you can also do a rm/mv -i
type thing as well.
-a
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