Messages in this thread | | | From | degs <> | Subject | re: VFAT naming stuff | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:34:22 +0100 |
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If a longname exists it is definitive - don't make it a symlink to the short name. Only programs which explitly support long filenames under Windows can create them. The short name is then generated as a kludge by windows to allow non-long filename aware programs to access the file. No long-filename aware windows program should access any file by its short name, except backup software and file managers. Windows software doesn't care what the short name is so why should we?
If having the short name alias show up in directory listing is deemed nessisary (but why - there are no UNIX programs with a long filename brain deficit...) the short name should be a symlink to the long name.
-- degs <degs@bostok.demon.co.uk>
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