Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 1997 12:06:29 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Bill Currie <bcurrie AT tssc DOT co DOT nz>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Write LFN handler for raw DOS?
In-Reply-To:	<34734037.42EA@tssc.co.nz>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Bill Currie wrote:

> - short names generated by 48 bit crc of long name using 6 bit encoding
> and extended ascii

Why don't you want to make the short name a faithful truncation of the
long one?  I agree that those numeric tails are bad idea, but the
short alias should somehow remind of the long one, or it will be a
bitch for the users to find them.

So I'd advise making the alias be a truncated long name, and if that
clashes with an existing file, replace part of the name with some
computed stuff, numeric or not.

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