samba - Jan 2004 - Samba 2.2.8a: Deleting all files

I have a directory on Unix exposed as a Samba share. All the filenames are
greater than 8.3 format. When I go to this directory from a DOS
prompt and do 'del *.*', I get a bunch of errors 'Unable to find
file ...'..
 
But, if the directory contained 500 files, after the 'del *.*' it
contains 400 files.
 
I repeat the del *.*, get a few more errors Unable to find file ... and now my
files are down to 300. And so on.
 
When I copy the directory to a native NTFS filesystem, I dont get these issues.
del *.* removes all files in one shot.
 
What is wrong here? Do I need to play with the mangling parameters in smb.conf?
My file names are something like 11.12.10.3 format. Most of the files have the
first 11 characters the same.
 
If I do a 'dir /x', I get the 8.3 filenames fine with no apparent
collision, so why does del *.* have a problem?
 
Thanks for any help

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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 samba@vikas.mailshell.com wrote:
> I have a directory on Unix exposed as a Samba share. All the filenames
> are greater than 8.3 format. When I go to this directory from a DOS
> prompt and do 'del *.*', I get a bunch of errors 'Unable to
find file
> ...'..
Try setting 'mangling method = hash2' in smb.conf.






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