Lars Appel writes:
> One option might be to "beta test" the Samba/iX 0.7 version/prototype ;-)
>
> The current filename mapping algorithm I'm using replaces MPE-illegal
> characters by simple _xx_ sequences where the xx between the underscores
> is the hex code of the illegal character.
>
> So "New Folder" should become "New_20_Folder" on the MPE level (I'll have
> to try/check this on monday... at the office I can access a Windows 95 PC.

That method occured to me.

But what happens if a Win95 user tries to create "New_20_Folder" written
exactly like that (i.e. New underscore twenty underscore Folder)?  Will it
be created on the MPE side as "New_20_Folder", but will it only be accessible
on the Win95 side as "New Folder"?

You might need to choose something other than simple underscores to delimit
the hex, something not very likely to occur in normal file names.  Underscores
and numbers can occur frequently on software packages that use the version
number as part of the name.
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