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Re: need util to read long PC filenames

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From: Allan McDonald
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:00
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I think Dos Mounter 95 solves this (and also shows the full mac named
files in Win 95, rather than renaming them to 8.3)
> Ms. Pac Man wrote in message <34F45039.F23087AC@sfsu.edu>...
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I find myself moving a lot of source code files back and forth from a PC
> >to a Mac (via zip disks) lately.  Usually the way it works is that a
> >file is initially created on a PC, some content is added to it and then
> >it gets popped onto a zip disk and shoved into a Mac.
> >
> >The problem is that the Mac only reads the old DOS 8.3 filenames,
> >instead of the win95 long filenames, so with any filename longer than 8
> >characters, you get something nice and descriptive like SPRITE~1.cc
> >(should be SpriteClassDriver.cc).
> >
> >What I want is a utility program that will run in the background on a
> >Mac and show the win95-style long filenames (if any) instead of the
> >fairly useless DOS-style filenames for any PC-formatted disk it reads.
> >
> >If anyone can point me to a program that does this, I'd be grateful.
> >Oh, and on the off chance that one doesn't exists because it 'can't be
> >done', could someone tell me why not ? ;)
> >
> >Much thanks in advance,
> >
> >Ethan Vonderweid
> >ethan@vonderweid.com
> >
> >(p.s.  if possible, please reply via email as I don't have access to a
> >reliable news reader very often)
> >
> 
> You should upgrade to OS 8.1 anyway, but also check out
> http://www.mac2nt.com. In their downloads section they have lots of programs
> that do that sort of stuff.
> 
> 
> Michael Buckbee
> nospam_michaelb@taglogix.com
> (remove nospam_ before emailing)
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From: almac@lazlo.u-net.com (Allan McDonald)
Subject: Re: need util to read long PC filenames
Date: 1998/03/10
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