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[.....] 
> Question: are files/dirs with leading . valid DOS names? I'm really
> suspicious about 'm  (all of this was 2.1.5R BTW)
> 
> Wilko

No.  You've got to have at least one char before the '.'.

Another "interesting" thing about the existing msdosfs:  Share one of these 
partitions via samba, and then "copy-and-paste" a directory using win95.  You 
end up with a rather messy directory that lacks '.' & '..' !

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....