I failed to mention that I have 10 directories of which 9 are ok. It's just the one directory playing up. As I mentioned, I discovered that a file called 'cmd' or with a leading period will cause erratic behaviour but that is not the case here.
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 7 February 2003 12:10 PM To: Greg Norris Cc: Samba Technical (E-mail) Subject: Re: Dir with 900+ files look Empty - 2nd post On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Greg Norris wrote: WARNING: I had to reformat the mail message to make it reasonable. Each para was one long line. > I am running Samba on Linux RedHat 7.3. > > It is OK most of the time. > > We use it for our ViewCvs viewer. Problem is when there are files called > cmd (god knows who created that one) and others with dot prefix the > directory does silly things. With the cmd file it displayed duplicate > versions. First I though it was ViewCvs but then when I checked the > directory in the samba link there they were.. > > Wella fter removing the cmd file all was well - until lately when now we > get an empty directory - only trouble is that I know I have 922 files in > it. is there a magic number that stops samba from displaying files? Well, on a 2.2.3-based appliance, I just created 10,000 files and they all showed up in Win2K. Regards ----- Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org, sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com This email and any files transmitted with it are intended for the named recipient only. The information contained in this message may be confidential, legally privileged or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of the email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately by return email and delete this message from your computer.
