Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/25/21:05:06
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Jim Lefavour wrote:
> I just realized - whatever FS we use, we have to be careful. Most
> DOS programs expect filenames to be uppercase, and many are written
> so that filenames are all treated that way - if we introduce a
> case-sensitive fs, we may BREAK many programs, however, as files may
> be installed in varied case (some lower, some upper, etc. )
>
> How can this problem be avoided? Should we disable case sensitivity
> in our fs? We are trying to maintain compatibility with dos
> software, after all... :)
Any of the name mangling methods being discussed will convert ANY
filename long/short/whatever, lowercase/uppercase/mixedcase/whatever
into a valid 8.3 filename. For example:
LongFilename_____.TEXtfile-number1 will become something like...
LONGF#WQ.000 in DOS legacy apps.
Read the past discussions about the MACH name mangling algorithm
used in DOSemu. Archives of past discussions are available on
DJ's server.
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