The filer converts directories to Unicode whenever the directory is accessed by CIFS. The conversion process can take a few minutes if the directory contains many files.
By default, directory conversion to Unicode format occurs as described in the following table.
| Access from | Directory format | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Data ONTAP 4.0 | Data ONTAP 4.0 | |
| CIFS | Converted to Unicode | Converted to Unicode |
| NFS | No conversion | Converted to Unicode |
You can perform the following operations to control directory format conversion.
| Operation | Section |
|---|---|
| Make directories into Unicode directories whenever they are accessed. | "Converting directories to Unicode format upon any access" |
| Force all DOS file names to lowercase. | "Forcing CIFS file names to lowercase" |
| Make all newly created directories Unicode directories. | "Directory conversion time" |
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