Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 1997 01:58:16 -0600 (CST)
From:	"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To:	"'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject:	Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> >     \Extended_Filesystem_Number_2.Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module
> > This _jams_!!, by utilizing the algorithm I proposed of using the first
> > four characters of the first word in the filename, and secondary letters
> > becomes EXTEFN~2.DLD to a dos 8.3 program!
> 
> What if I allready have a file called EXTEFN~2.DLD in that
> directory?  I mean the chances are very small, however I could
> simply create one just to prove my point.  Then the algorithm
> would break.  A better method is the mangled name method that
> DOSemu uses in LREDIR.

Well, what _would_ it produce?

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