From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david DOT c DOT hoos DOT sr AT ada95 DOT com>
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Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 10 DOT 10001221543300 DOT 28069-100000 AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk...
> I have written some files to CDs. I am told the system wrote the CDs
> with Red Ridge extensions. I wrote them using a UNIX (IRIX) system.
> Under Windows 98, I can see and read all the files but their names are
> simplified to 8.3 format.
>
> Is there a way to make either the Windows 98 system, or at least DJGPP
> software (BASH and so on) "see" the full original files names? They are
> certainly there, they can be seen by IRIX workstations. But I no longer
> have easy access to these, and wish to use the CDs at home on my PC. It
> happens that I chose long, similar names for many hundreds of files and
> the names do not make much sense in 8.3 form. Unfortunately, it would
> not be practical to re-write the data to CD (either with different file
> names or in a different format).
>
I believe you're talking about _Rock_ Ridge extensions to the ISO9660
file format. The search engines find nothing on any _Red_ Ridge format.

Here are some links to more information

http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq03.html
http://www.zbr.com/cd_rom_faq/faq_28.html
http://www.ymi.com/support/cdstudio/overview.html