Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:05:39 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extremely bizarre filename behavior (3.3-RELEASE) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912210904520.5973-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199912211316.VAA50647@netrinsics.com>
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Michael Robinson wrote: > 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. find -print0 | xargs -0 is your friend. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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