Samba corrupted names
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mayo551 · 2023-11-11 09:56

I'm uploading files to samba and ls -l is showing corrupted names.
Samba continues to work. How can I fix this?

The file names should be something like 11/10/13, 10/26/26 PM.jpeg but
are instead showing as this:

[https://i.imgur.com/XA8O1U6.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XA8O1U6.jpg)

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DecideUK · 2023-11-11 11:45

Don't use / in filenames it isn't an allowed character.

Perhaps it is getting replaced with a different unicode slash that
looks similar to a / but can't be displayed properly in the shell.

But just don't use /, it'll cause you pain.

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tech2but1 · 2023-11-11 15:40

It isn't corruption, it is an encoding issue.

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-11 20:26

> The file names should be something like 11/10/13, 10/26/26 PM.jpeg

What kind of fetish is that ffs... use proper filenames and paths.

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mayo551 · 2023-11-11 20:58

It's what the Mac shortcuts use when you set the name as the date and
time.

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DecideUK · 2023-11-11 21:35

Not really familiar with shortcuts - but I would be looking to
reformat that date before renaming the files.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/shortcuts-mac/apd8d9b19184/mac

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ModeratorIsNotHappy · 2023-11-12 03:04

Shortcuts lets you choose various date formats. Slashes is most likely
the default but you should definitely change it for filenames