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Backup Truncates Long Mac Filenames w/ Trailing Dots or Spaces

Article ID: 104668

Article Last Modified on 3/16/2004

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SYMPTOMS

When you back up files created by Macintosh clients that have long filenames with a trailing dot or space, the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE) truncates the filenames and the file associations are stripped.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

SERVPACK


Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB104668


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