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On 12 Feb 1997, Timothy Watson wrote:

> In article <5dr5bj$6kh@news.mtu.edu> mwmaurer@mtu.edu (Mark W. Maurer)
> writes:
> > : I've burned a CD using win95 and have a lot of files with long names (
> > : more than 8.3 characters). I tried to read them from linux (istalled
> > : inside a directory on my PC) and what I saw was the long file names are
> > : truncated and there is ~ sign on the file names. Anyone knows how I can
> > : get linux to read the file names properly and be able to install the
> > : softwares from CD instead of copying them into HD and renaming them?
> 
> The problem is, can you get Win95 to WRITE long filenames properly.
> MicroSoft uses a proprietary (not Rock Ridge) extensions for long file
> names.
> 
> -Tim
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Yes, at least I can see the long file names (even capital letters) when I
browse the Cd with win95 explorer.