VFS_CATIA(8) System Administration tools VFS_CATIA(8)NAMEvfs_catia - translate illegal characters in Catia filenames
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = catia
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The Catia CAD package commonly creates filenames that use characters
that are illegal in CIFS filenames. The vfs_catia VFS module implements
a character mapping so that these files can be shared with CIFS
clients.
This module is stackable.
Up to samba version 3.4.x a fixed character mapping was used. The
invalid windows characters \ / : * ? " < > | and the blank character
were mapped in a hardcoded way.
Starting with samba-3.5.0 a more flexible mapping was introduced. The
new parameter "catia:mappings" now specifies the mapping on a char by
char basis using the notation: unix hex char 0x.. : windows hex char
0x.. Multiple character mappings are separated by a comma.
EXAMPLES
Samba versions up to 3.4.x:
Map Catia filenames on the [CAD] share:
[CAD]
path = /data/cad
vfs objects = catia
Samba versions 3.5.0 and later:
Map Catia filenames on the [CAD] share:
[CAD]
path = /data/cad
vfs objects = catia
catia:mappings = 0x22:0xa8
To get the full formerly fixed mappings:
[CAD]
path = /data/cad
vfs objects = catia
catia:mappings = 0x22:0xa8,0x2a:0xa4,0x2f:0xf8,0x3a:0xf7,0x3c:0xab,0x3e:0xbb,0x3f:0xbf,0x5c:0xff,0x7c:0xa6,0x20:0xb1
Unix filename to be translated (Note that the path delimiter "/" is not
used here):
a\a:a*a?a"a<a>a|a a
Resulting windows filename:
aÿa÷a¤a¿a¨a«a»a¦a±a
Note that the character mapping must work in BOTH directions (unix ->
windows and windows -> unix) to get unique and existing file names!
A NOT working example:
[CAD]
path = /data/cad
vfs objects = catia
catia:mappings = 0x3a:0x5f
Here the colon ":" is mapped to the underscore "_".
Assuming a unix filename "a:should_work", which is well translated to
windows as "a_should_work".
BUT the reverse mapping from windows "a_should_work" to unix will
result in "a:should:work" - something like "file not found" will be
returned.
VERSION
This man page is correct for all versions up to 4.0.3 of the Samba
suite.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
New version written by Guenter Kukkukk kukks@samba.org
Samba 3.6 09/18/2013 VFS_CATIA(8)
