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Troubleshooting File Name with Umlauts

11.7 File names with umlauts are not visible after an upgrade

AS/X uses a different character set following an update of LAN Manager/X V2.0 or V2.2 or Advanced Server for UNIX V3.51A10.

As a result, Advanced Server for UNIX file and directory names can no longer be displayed by the client after an update. A utility is supplied with Advanced Server for UNIX which renames file and directory names containing umlauts such that these names correspond to the new character set.

Actions after an update:

The $xASX/etc/mapnames script creates a shell script called $xASX/etc/mapnames.sh when it is invoked for the first time. This program is invoked automatically when the asxserver package is installed (or a corresponding service pack). When the script has been executed, a lock file $xASX/etc/.map.done is created which prevents a further run. The $xASX/etc/mapnames script is started in the background and only terminated fully when the lock file is available. The $xASX/etc/mapnames.sh script must not be called before this.

The $xASX/etc/mapnames.sh script renames all files and directories whose names contain an old-style umlaut. Since it may take several hours to execute this shell script, you should ensure that the system is not powered down in the meantime.

To repeat this procedure, you have to delete the $xASX/etc/.map.done file first as otherwise the $xASX/etc/mapnames.sh script will not be created again. You then call the $xASX/etc/mapnames script, and when this has ended the newly created $xASX/etc/mapnames.sh script.

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