[cobalt-users] SOLUTION TO "[Qube 3] Slashes in AppleMac filenames"

[Robb Masters <robb.masters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/02/01 15:41, Robb Masters <robb_masters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>When I access my Qube 3 from an Apple Mac, sometimes it allows me 
>to put slashes in filenames, and sometimes it doesn't.

I got bored with waiting for Cobalt support to get back to me (about six weeks) so did some digging. References in rc.d pointed me to /etc/atalk where I found AppleVolumes.default and AppleVolumes.system

AppleVolumes.default said

# nohex               -> don't do :hex translations for anything
#                        except dot files. specify usedots as well if
#                        you want that turned off. note: this option
#                        makes the / character illegal.
# usedots             -> don't do :hex translation for dot files. note: when
#                        this option gets set, certain file names
#                        become illegal. these are .Parent and
#                        anything that starts with .Apple. also, dot
#                        files created on the unix side are marked
#                        invisible.

So in AppleVolumes.system I just changed

#:DEFAULT: options:nohex,usedots

to

:DEFAULT:

and at last it worked.

Regards,

Robb (robb.masters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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