short file name inconsistency

I'm seeing that too, it looks like a bug with the NCP file server code in OES Linux. If
you have a support contract, I'd raise an incident with Novell - they're not complying
with the name mangling standard/spec.
(Of course NetWare 6.5 is OK - how [in]consistent).

-Sandy

Brian Snipes wrote on 2005-09-22 18:17 UTC:
> I have an app that for some strange reason uses short file names to link
> to documents. Novell (both from ReiserFS and NSS volumes) handles the
> short file name differently from a Windows server or the local
> workstation. If the file has multiple dots in it (ie.
> filename.4.8.05.wpd), Windows sees it as filena~1.wpd while Novell sees it
> as filena~1.4 . It not using the last 'extension' of the filename means
> the files aren't associated with the proper application. Does anyone know
> of a workaround for this - on the client or the server?
>
> Brian