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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)