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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] slashes in FAT file names
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 10:37:44AM +0000, marc wrote:
> Hello:
>
> > -????????? ? ?       ?             ?            ? 07/TRA~1.MP3

>
> > With the slash, it can't even figure out the permissions, ownership, or
> > file size. Preumably some parts of the system interpret the '/' as the
> > directory name separator, and in this file system that's not what it
> > is.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas here other than begging, borrowing, or
> > buying a Windows system?
>
> Try mtools ? But also consider the possibility that the card may be
> corrupted in somehow...


Looks like that could help. It handles VFAT. But treats '/' to mean
the same as '\'. But that might just be an easy code change, feasible
because of freedom.

Given some of the other file names in that directory, there does seem
to be corruption. But those other files contain mp3 files that do play
correctly.

-- hendrik

>
> regards
>
> marc