From:	Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	alt.windows98,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Red Ridge CD format
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:44:47 +0000
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I have written some files to CDs. I am told the system wrote the CDs
with Red Ridge extensions. I wrote them using a UNIX (IRIX) system.
Under Windows 98, I can see and read all the files but their names are
simplified to 8.3 format.

Is there a way to make either the Windows 98 system, or at least DJGPP
software (BASH and so on) "see" the full original files names? They are
certainly there, they can be seen by IRIX workstations. But I no longer
have easy access to these, and wish to use the CDs at home on my PC. It
happens that I chose long, similar names for many hundreds of files and
the names do not make much sense in 8.3 form. Unfortunately, it would
not be practical to re-write the data to CD (either with different file
names or in a different format).

Thank you for any help!

-- 
Daniel Barker.

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