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In article <34F45039.F23087AC@sfsu.edu>, "Ms. Pac Man" <who2@sfsu.edu> wrote:

:> 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)

There are two ways I know of offhand (cheap and/or free) to do what you
want.  One is to zip the files on the PC side, then unzip them on your
Mac.  I've done this with files at my desktop system at work (Win95), sent
them to myself at home, and unzipped them to find the filenames intact
(except, of course, I can't handle filenames over 31 characters).  The
other way is to upgrade to Mac OS 8.1, which has PC Exchange 2.2 and is
thus capable of recognizing Win95 long filenames on PC disks.

= Steve =

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