vfs_catia
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vfs_catia
translate illegal characters in Catia filenames
vfs objects = catia
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the
samba
7 suite.
The Catia CAD package commonly creates filenames that
use characters that are illegal in CIFS filenames. The
vfs_catia VFS module implements a character
mapping so that these files can be shared with CIFS clients.
This module is stackable.
The parameter "catia:mappings" specifies the mapping on a
per-character basis, see below.
OPTIONS
catia:mappings = SERVER_HEX_CHAR:CLIENT_HEX_CHAR
SERVER_HEX_CHAR specifies a 0x prefixed hexedecimal
character code that, when included in a Samba server-side
filename, will be mapped to CLIENT_HEX_CHAR for the CIFS
client.
The same mapping occurs in the opposite direction.
Multiple character mappings are separated by a comma.
EXAMPLES
Map server-side quotation-marks (") to client-side diaeresis
(¨) on filenames in the [CAD] share:
/data/cad
catia
0x22:0xa8
Perform comprehensive mapping of common Catia filename characters:
/data/cad
catia
0x22:0xa8,0x2a:0xa4,0x2f:0xf8,0x3a:0xf7,0x3c:0xab,0x3e:0xbb,0x3f:0xbf,0x5c:0xff,0x7c:0xa6
Server-side filename to be translated (Note that the path delimiter "/" is not used here):
a\a:a*a?a"a<a>a|a
Resulting filename, as seen by the client:
aÿa÷a¤a¿a¨a«a»a¦a
CAVEATS
Character mapping must work in BOTH directions (server ->
client and client -> server) to get unique and existing file names!
A NOT working example:
/data/cad
catia
0x3a:0x5f
Here the colon ":" is mapped to the underscore "_".
Assuming a server-side filename "a:should_work", which is
translated to "a_should_work" for the client.
BUT the reverse mapping from client "a_should_work" to server
will result in "a:should:work" - something like "file not found"
will be returned.
VERSION
This man page is part of Samba versions from 3.5.0 to 4.0.6.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities
were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
New version written by Guenter Kukkukk kukks@samba.org