Greetings all,
I am supporting Samba 2.2.8 on a Solaris 8 platform, and a user is having
problems with the rmdir (or rd) command in his W2K batch scripts. The problem
relates to the length of subdirectory names when using the /s flag to remove the
entire directory tree. It seems that if a subdirectory name is over 12
characters in length, the rmdir command truncates to 12 characters, and then is
unable to find the directory. I have reproduced this problem using the following
directory structure:
G:\my_test\testdir\td3456789012345\td00001\testfile
Then, from the my_test directory, attempt to remove the entire testdir directory
tree:
G:\my_test>rmdir /s /q testdir
testdir\TD3456789012 - The system cannot find the file specified.
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
Note the truncation of the subdirectory name at 12 characters. I believe the
second part of the error message is due to trying to remove the top level
directory while it still contains files or directories.
An identical test case executed within the W2K filesystems works normally.
I have little knowledge of DOS/W2K command line work, but this seems a simple
use of a standard command.
I have been all over the configuration parameters, and I don't see that any
of them would affect this problem, but I am no expert.
I would appreciate any help you can provide. Even flames are welcome if I am
displaying severe ignorance.
Thanks,
Dave
