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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000
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+<samba:parameter name="mangled names"
+ type="boolean"
+ context="S"
+ xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
+<description>
+ <para>This controls whether non-DOS names under UNIX
+ should be mapped to DOS-compatible names (&quot;mangled&quot;) and made visible,
+ or whether non-DOS names should simply be ignored.</para>
+
+ <para>See the section on <link linkend="NAMEMANGLINGSECT">NAME MANGLING</link> for
+ details on how to control the mangling process.</para>
+
+ <para>If mangling is used then the mangling algorithm is as follows:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The first (up to) five alphanumeric characters
+ before the rightmost dot of the filename are preserved, forced
+ to upper case, and appear as the first (up to) five characters
+ of the mangled name.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A tilde &quot;~&quot; is appended to the first part of the mangled
+ name, followed by a two-character unique sequence, based on the
+ original root name (i.e., the original filename minus its final
+ extension). The final extension is included in the hash calculation
+ only if it contains any upper case characters or is longer than three
+ characters.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the character to use may be specified using
+ the <link linkend="MANGLINGCHAR"><parameter moreinfo="none">mangling char</parameter>
+ </link> option, if you don't like '~'.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The first three alphanumeric characters of the final
+ extension are preserved, forced to upper case and appear as the
+ extension of the mangled name. The final extension is defined as that
+ part of the original filename after the rightmost dot. If there are no
+ dots in the filename, the mangled name will have no extension (except
+ in the case of &quot;hidden files&quot; - see below).</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Files whose UNIX name begins with a dot will be
+ presented as DOS hidden files. The mangled name will be created as
+ for other filenames, but with the leading dot removed and &quot;___&quot; as
+ its extension regardless of actual original extension (that's three
+ underscores).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>The two-digit hash value consists of upper case alphanumeric characters.</para>
+
+ <para>This algorithm can cause name collisions only if files
+ in a directory share the same first five alphanumeric characters.
+ The probability of such a clash is 1/1300.</para>
+
+ <para>The name mangling (if enabled) allows a file to be
+ copied between UNIX directories from Windows/DOS while retaining
+ the long UNIX filename. UNIX files can be renamed to a new extension
+ from Windows/DOS and will retain the same basename. Mangled names
+ do not change between sessions.</para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
+</samba:parameter>