Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:44:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Noel <noeldude@gmail.com> Cc: Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: samba, rsync --backup, and mangled instead of long filenames Message-ID: <20140620064405.07e6428b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53A38A96.2000903@gmail.com> References: <489659738.13024627.1403216558777.JavaMail.root@cds005> <53A38A96.2000903@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:12:54 -0500, Noel wrote: > Yes, the colons will break windows compatibility. And make sure file names aren't too long, because long file names are also not accepted in the "Windows" land of non-compatibility and non-interoperability. ;-) > The easy fix is don't use colons, as in date +%FT%H%M%S > or maybe --suffix=`date +%FT%H%M%S`.dwg will work. Or if you want a more "human readable" form containing non-restricted characters: --suffix=`date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S"`.dwg could work. This is a more "ISO date" like formatting. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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