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Tom Wheeley (tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> I know memory is tight for KA9Q, but would it be possible to introduce code
> for forming legal 8.3 filenames?

> f.e. when getting a FAQ from rtfm.mit.edu, they are stored with the Subject:
> line as filename, which is often about 80 characters of case-sensitive and
> punctuation filled typo fodder.

> What would be nice, would be to be able to type `mget faq??name*etc*' (with
> the expression matching solely the required filename), and have a file be got,
> albeit with a silly name.  At present, the chances of DOS finding a legal
> 8.3 name is as remote as DOS accepting a 255 char name :(

> Perhaps a simpler solution would be to prompt for a new filename if DOS
> rejects the default one, or if the file exists locally?

The get syntax is 'get remote_name local_name'. You can therefore
rename files as you ftp them. Does this not achieve your needs ?

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