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Article #30Re: need util to read long PC filenames
From: Andy Armstrong
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <1d57j0f.1jvvi3572jtcaN@[10.0.2.15]>, "Michael F. Tomkins" <michael@narcosis.apana.org.au> writes >That is because that is what is recorded on the disk, win95 really has >only 8 char filenames, it just uses a trick to interpreate them as >longer in the graphical part by using a lookup table. Actually it stores the 8.3 name in a normal FAT style directory entry and the long name in subsequent 'special' directory entries. Both names are therefore recorded in the directory: the legacy 8.3 name for backwards compatibility and the long name. -- http://www.wonderworks.co.uk --> Free RISC OS software Andy Armstrong, WonderWorks
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101ec9,addab469e8d305bf X-Google-Attributes: gid101ec9,public X-Google-Thread: 1005d0,20151eb1b988b641 X-Google-Attributes: gid1005d0,public X-Google-Thread: fb802,20151eb1b988b641 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb802,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,20151eb1b988b641 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public From: Andy Armstrong <andy@wonderworks.co.uk> Subject: Re: need util to read long PC filenames Date: 1998/03/06 Message-ID: <tHZmFCASx+$0EwVh@wndrwrks.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 331384142 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: wndrwrks.demon.co.uk [158.152.185.108] References: <34F45039.F23087AC@sfsu.edu> <steve.w.jackson-2602982300400001@user-38h1sj5.dialup.mindspring.com> <1d57j0f.1jvvi3572jtcaN@[10.0.2.15]> Organization: WonderWorks MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help,aus.computers.mac,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.macintosh