Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jeff Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: VFAT Naming Bugs | Date | Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:36:28 -0600 |
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2116.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Werner,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually it's CLOCK$ and not $CLOCK as the reserved name. Got it backwards -- sorry.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jmerkey@timpanogas.com" title=jmerkey@timpanogas.com>Jeff Merkey</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu" title=linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 10, 1999 5:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> VFAT Naming Bugs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Werner Almesberger or whoever maintains VFAT,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. The names PIPE, $CLOCK, and NETQ are reserved as special device file names for some versions of DOS and Win95 and can get folks into trouble if you allow linux to create these names. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. line 386, file NAMEI.C in /usr/src/linux/fs/vfat directory. Shouldn't this be if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') instead of 'A' and 'Z' being caps, or is there a conversion somewhere I missed? Precedence may be saving our butts, but someone should look at this. I was reviewing the UMSDOS to make certain that my DOS names conform to those in the FAT and VFAT fs some they are consistent and ran across this. Looks like a case error.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please advise.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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