NAS does not allow to create files or directories with '$' symbol

Asset ID:	1-72-1019495.1
Update Date:	2010-07-20
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Solution 1019495.1 : NAS does not allow to create files or directories with '$' symbol

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Sun Storage 5320 NAS Appliance
 Sun Storage 5320 NAS Gateway
 Sun Storage 5210 NAS Appliance
 Sun Storage 5320 NAS Cluster
 Sun Storage 5220 NAS Appliance
 Sun Storage 5310 NAS Appliance
 Sun Storage 5310 NAS Gateway System

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Symptoms
Unable to create/view directories or file with '$' symbol

Resolution
Add additional '$' symbol to the file or directory name while creating or viewing directory/files.
NAS does not allow to create files or directories with '$' name however if you add an additional '$'
symbol it will allow to create the file or directory with ' $' symbol.

For Eg:
ST5210a > ls /Vol1
         syslog          testcap

ST5210a > mkdir /Vol1/gir$
ST5210a > ls /Vol1
        gir             syslog          testcap      ** Even though I tried to create gir$ it omitted the '$'
                                                                symbol & folder gir was created **

ST5210a > mkdir /Vol1/umi$$
ST5210a > ls /Vol1
        gir             syslog          testcap umi$ ** Here I used '$$' symbol to create umi$ folder**

Note: NAS Montana treats '$' as <esc> character

This is very important because some of the Windows directories that are shared from NAS have '$' symbol to hide the succeeding directories & if you try to back up those directories with '$' symbol NAS will not recognize it & will complain that the directory doesnot exist. & backup will fail. At this point if you want to backup directories or files with '$' symbol use '$$' for the file or directory name in the path & it will backup the file or folder without any problem.

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