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Article #7612Re: Long File Names under MS-DOS?
From: brown
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 06:24
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 06:24
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In article <44600005@datacube> berger@datacube.UUCP writes: > >Is there a way to tell MS-DOS to allow file names that are greater >than 8 characters long? You actually have 11 characters. The 8 character file name and the 3 character extension. But, unfortunately that is it. MS and PC-DOS is defined to that number by the logic with which the directory entries work. Remember it isn't UNIX. -- [Next quote over to you, Nyssa] ihnp4------\ harvard-\ \ Mr. Video seismo!uwvax!nicmad!brown topaz-/ / decvax------/
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!brown From: brown@nicmad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Long File Names under MS-DOS? Message-ID: <862@nicmad.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 02:24:37 EDT Article-I.D.: nicmad.862 Posted: Thu Sep 18 02:24:37 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Sep-86 23:41:19 EDT References: <44600005@datacube> Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video) Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI Lines: 18