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Filenames with backslash are changed when accessed via Windows client

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS

Issue

  • After uploading files to a NetApp system via FTP (Linux server using NFS), filenames that contain a backslash character (“\”) are changed when accessing via CIFS/SMB (from Windows)
  • This result in files appearing with unexpected names or inaccessibility from Windows clients

Example:
Original file name: csv\file1_11111_22222_33333_44444_55555.csv
Changed file name: csvfil~1.csv

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