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In article <4cn51t$pp0@steel.interlog.com>, paragon@interlog.com (David Sze) writes:
|> In article <4ceq75$pbq@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com>,

|> >Extensions have to be rewritten.  Every thing else is supposed to
|> >work.  If you want an application to survive a crash, you have to get
|> >an "upgraded for Copland" application.  In Win'95,  if you want to use
|> >long file names, you have to upgrade _all_ your applications, or the
|> >long file names get trashed by the old programs.

|> Sorry, you're wrong, long file names do not get trashed by old
|> apps. They only see the 8.3 filename, and they are not trashed when
|> written to disk. Win95 preserves the whole name in the
|> background. New LFN compliant apps see the whole thing.

And if an old app renames the old file (for a backup), and creates a
modified version of the file with the old file name, what happens?  Do
new apps using long file names see the old or new file?  Either way,
there's a problem...

Face it, FAT was old and kludgy in 1984, and its still a millstone in
1995.  

Chris
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Chris Wood    christw@lexis-nexis.com   ChrisCWood@eworld.com