Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:16:14 +0800 (CST) From: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extremely bizarre filename behavior (3.3-RELEASE) Message-ID: <199912211316.VAA50647@netrinsics.com> In-Reply-To: <199912211002.SAA50337@netrinsics.com>
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I wrote: >This filesystem passes fsck without a peep. Is it possible that the vast >number of long, random filenames is causing lossage in the filename >hashing? The system is 3.3-RELEASE. I'm going to upgrade to 3.4-RELEASE >tonight to see if the problems persist. Ok, I'm an idiot. Terminating spaces were leaking in from Windows users through Samba. It never occurred to me that sending filenames through a pipe from "find" to "xargs" (how I discovered the problem) will strip whitespace from filenames. Sorry. Older and wiser, now. -Michael Robinson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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