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In article <829813432.4765@thokk.demon.co.uk>
           Malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" writes:

> 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 ?
> 

That would be wonderful, but without filename completion, typing in 80 or so
chars of punctuated case sensitive text nearly always means I make a typo and
have to re-type it.
:-(

It's not really that important, but it's only a smop (a function which
returns a legal, non-used DOS filename)...

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