From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <10110121820.AA13335@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: W2K/XP fncase [was Re: New perl package]
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:20:51 -0500 (CDT)
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> Are you proposing to replace the current code of _lfn_gen_short_name
> with this?  

At least for the case of NT-like and LFN, yes.  This would be better
than just always assuming fncase=y.

> If so, I think the code is going to be messy, because there are quite 
> a few special characters and special cases to deal with.

If you strive for perfection, maybe.  But instead of fncase=y always,
suppose we only handled the simple cases (like all letter 8.3) - at
least it would be closer to the current non W2K/XP behavior.

> I'd like to understand what happens inside _lfn_gen_short_name first.

I plan to still look at this when I get a chance, but in 99% of the
cases I've observed the current version behaving I could reproduce
it with a simple loop without needing to call an interrupt which
will probably do the wrong thing :-)