<snip>
> Unfortunately that doesn't work either.
>
> "File Name", "File_Name", and "File-Name" (sans quotes) are all valid
> file names under Windows. So if Samba or NFS et al replace the space
> with another character, you would need a plethora of characters to
> replace the evil spaces, slashes, backslashes, dashes etc. along with
> a way of reversing the process to return the original filename back to
> the originating platform.
>
> Consider the following translations with character substitution active:
>
> Windows    ->      Samba     ->    Windows
>
> File Name  ->    File_Name   ->   File Name   (Desired result)
>
> File_Name  ->    File_Name   ->   File Name   (Borked result)
>
> Substitute any character you like for the translated character and
> there remains a translation failure mode.
>
> Unfortunately I can't see any way of keeping track of all of the possible
> ways that filenames could be munged ensure reliable two way translation.
>   
</snip>

How about just FileName. I name most of my folders and files this way.
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