[gpfsug-discuss] gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 117, Issue 1

[Chase, Peter]

Morning Ed,

I'm not sure how useful this would be if you're wanting to hunt for bad file names, but in the past we've used the built in HEX function to convert problem strings to hex and have an external script convert it back into ASCII/Unicode (whatever it should be).
That way all the intelligence goes into an external script and there's no digging around in ILM to find a solution. I don't have an example to hand, but if you're interested in the approach I can probably get one for you.

Regards,

Pete Chase
Met Office SVM team

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Today's Topics:

   1. Handling bad file names in policies? (Wahl, Edward)
   2. Re: Handling bad file names in policies? (Jonathan Buzzard)
   3. Re: Handling bad file names in policies? (Olaf Weiser)


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I know I've run into this before way back, but my notes on how I solved this aren't getting the job done in Scale 5.0.5.8 and my notes are from 3.5.  ?
Anyone know a way to get a LIST policy to properly feed bad filenames into the output or an external script?

When I say bad I mean things like control characters, spaces, etc.   Not concerned about the dreaded 'newline' as we force users to fix those or the files do not get backed up in Tivoli.

Ed Wahl
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 00:28:57 +0100
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On 04/10/2021 23:23, Wahl, Edward wrote:

> I know I've run into this before way back, but my notes on how I 
> solved this aren't getting the job done in Scale 5.0.5.8 and my notes 
> are from 3.5.? ?
> Anyone know a way to get a LIST policy to properly feed bad filenames 
> into the output or an external script?
> 
> When I say bad I mean things like control characters, spaces, etc.? 
> ?Not concerned?about the dreaded 'newline' as we force users to fix 
> those or the files do not get backed up in Tivoli.
> 

Since when? Last time I checked which was admittedly circa 2008, TSM would backup files with newlines in them no problem. mmbackup on the other hand in that time frame would simply die and backup nothing if there was a single file on the file system with a newline in it.

I would take a look at the mmbackup scripts which can handle such stuff (least ways in >4.2) which would also suggest dsmc can handle it.

As an aside I now think I know how you end up with newlines in file names. Basically you cut and paste the file name complete with newlines (most likely at the end) into a text field when saving the file. 
Personally I think any program should baulk at that point but what do I know.


JAB.

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