From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Current Directory Switches to Short Format on NT
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:12:12 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:51:11 +0100, "Wojciech Galazka"
<wojciech DOT galazka AT polkomtel DOT com DOT pl> wrote:

>Basically Windows doesn't try to make any difference between short
>and long file nanes as both are perfectly legal.

Therefore, it's a bug in the database that stores the filenames.
A database designed to run under Windows should always convert
filenames to LFN or always convert filenames to SFN.