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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 01:32:56 +0100
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Once upon a time (on  2 Feb 97 at 18:47) Colin W. Glenn said:

> Well, how about finding a good middling ground, one which allows for
> LFN's, but includes a bit of test code to _ensure_ that selected LFN's
> contain a descent 8.3 name within?  To expand on this:
> 
> Say you have a fully qualified filename called:
> 
> > > [...]
> > > >I think that OpenDOS should progress in a NEW direction, by adding
> > > >somehthing like ext2 support STANDARD.  It may not work with old
> > connectivity package).  We need not only to provide a superior fs, 
> > but also to provide TRANSPARENT translation for programs accessing 
> > [snip]
> 
> c:/thisone/second.level/real.filename.ext.z
> 
> Which the system will hand to a 8.3 program as:
> 
> c:\thisone\second.lev\realfile.z
> 
> Should you generate a file called:
> 
> c:/thisone/second.level/real.filelist.ext.z
> 
> The OS complains:
> 
> New filename conflicts with prior 8.3 name!
> 
> and shows you the conflict.  Should you chose to ignore the error, the
> system informs you:
> 
> Warning! 8.3 programs will only see first occurance of file!
> 
> Is this workable?
I think that the W95 solution is acceptable here: number tags. Or just use 
the unused space in standard M$-DOG dirent to store the number tag (sorta 
file versions on VMS or ISO)

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