Linux/Windows Problem

Post #287,736 by andread 6/24/07 12:18:00 PM Reply	Linux/Windows Problem at the station, the programmers use a Windows XP box which uses the browser to connect to the Linux system to record their programs in .ogg for playback later The recordings are stored on one Linux box and the software is on another there folder on the Linux box that contains the recordings is mapped in Windows someone thought that creating another folder of the same name, only in uppercase would solve their problem (it didn't) but then there were 2 folders: archive ARCHIVE on that Windows box they both contained no files or folders (they had plenty of each before) so another genius deleted archive and this caused the files to 're-appear' it also caused archive to re-appear archive and ARCHIVE have the same contents but no new recordings would appear in their designated folders after all this activity, even though the program reported that they were written to archive another Windows box mapped to the same Linux drive turns out to have archive and ARCHIVE but only shows folders and files that were created after the above foolishness took place so the question is, how to I synchronize (or whatever) all these connections and get back to just having archive A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://westcottradio.org\|Tune In]
Post #287,737 by crazy 6/24/07 12:38:57 PM 6/24/07 12:39:21 PM Reply	Here's where you start You need to start with a basic understanding of what is being presented to you and how to get to the underlying files with no confusion about what is there. Linux is case sensitive. You can have multiple directories that all map to the same name under windows. Samba (the software that lets Linux present drives to Windows systems) needs to alter Linux file and directory names so they appear as legal dos/windows file names. Something this alteration can cause great confusion when you accidently duplicate the names. So, you NEED to start on the Linux side to get to the underlying file names to resolve it. Do you have a command line login to the box? Do you know how to mentally map the Windows share to the underlying true Linux path? Are the familier with the "ls" command for listing files? Are you familler with the "less" command for looking into the contents of files? Anser the above, and give me directory and file names that you are trying to resolve and we'll take it from there. Edited by crazy June 24, 2007, 12:39:21 PM EDT Expand All History
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Post #287,786 by andread 6/25/07 9:42:24 AM Reply	thanks will keep you posted A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://westcottradio.org\|Tune In]
Post #287,914 by andread 6/27/07 10:08:52 AM Reply	update the station manager got an email from the previous admin (the guy who set it all up) with a Windows solution that worked I'm waiting until the guy from the local Linux users group can come in to do any in-depth exploration on the Debian side A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://westcottradio.org\|Tune In]

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