Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:56:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On 1 Jun 1999, Mbaccar wrote:

>    cp hello.c 12345678a.c
>    cp hello.c 12345678b.c
> 
> I only find a single copy 12345678.c
> 
>    How does this work, is this a simple filename truncation to 8..3?

If that was on plain DOS or on Windows NT, then yes, the underlying OS
functions transparently truncate the file names to 8.3.

If that was on Windows 9X, then you need to enable the long file name
support (set LFN=y in the environment).