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Article #9923Re: ZTerm filenames
From: Ian Feldman
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 07:54
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 07:54
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In article <3863@mace.cc.purdue.edu> ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes:
>Is is possible to avoid the changes that Zterm makes to filenames before
>it uploads a file via Zmodem?
>
>I would, at least, like it to keep the entire name with the exception of
>spaces in the name. Anyone think that the ability to change name handling
>might change in an upcoming version??
Strangely enough, this is viewed (and refered to in the docs) as an
improvement from the previous version. It certainly wasn't there
in 0.8 of ZTerm. The reasons for it are, as far as I recall, better
compatibility with the Neanderthal Operating System's way of restricting
file names to an 8-character string delimited by an optional dot, followed
by an optional 3-character identyfying extension. I don't think it
possible to hack it back... prior to starting an upload, ZTerm calls
a routine that explicitly truncates any Mac file name that's non
conforming to the above convention. Dave Alverson might change it back,
though, if we complain loud enuf
--Ian Feldman / ianf@nada.kth.se || uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf / "The computer
/ keyboard is mightier than a pen, that's mightier than a sword"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!draken!ianf From: ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ZTerm filenames Message-ID: <2757@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: 18 Jan 90 07:54:59 GMT References: <3863@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Reply-To: ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) Organization: Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 21 Cc: ianf