Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/21/16:46:22
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:03:33 GMT, root <root AT 206 DOT 172 DOT 218 DOT 60> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>> OpenDOS is 100% compatible with MS-DOS up to 6.22. There is no LFN
>> support, but I imagine that is planned or already being worked on.
>
>The MS LFN sucks in my opinion. Just another kludge. However, I would
>like to see long filenames in DOS. I'm getting too used to Linux now, and
>hate when I have to move files from Linux to DOS! Maybe Caldera can
>include a NEW filesystem of their own too. MS keeps coming out with new
>ones, (FAT32 yukkk!!, VFAT, NTFS). A better thing would be to incorporate
>the Linux second extended filesystem into OpenDOS. That would be cool
>indeed. Of course it wouldn't work with legacy apps, but some kludging
>could be done about that.
>
Win95 LFNs are horrible. As you said above, it's a complete kludge!
For those who don't know the gory details, Windows just adds more
entries in the FAT for longer file names. So, if you have a 16 letter
filename, it uses up two FAT entries! It's really screwy IMHO. :)
Another thing...that Temporary Internet Files folder is REALLY screwed
up! In Explorer, only one big directory shows up. Under DOS, four
CACHE# directories are there. If you try to open a cached file in
Explorer, it returns an error message, because the file is REALLY in
one of the CACHE# directories! Urg... What a horrible OS. :) But I am
getting off topic. I'll quit now!
-Tim
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