From: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 17:30:46 GMT
Message-Id: <199702041730.RAA03197@bowl>
To: Yeep AT xs4all DOT nl, cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
Cc: jamesl AT albany DOT net, dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
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> From owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Tue Feb  4 06:51:31 1997
> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 23:11:30 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
> To: Yeep <Yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
> Cc: jamesl AT albany DOT net, dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk,
>         OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? 
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> On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Yeep wrote:
> > > > 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,
> > > > Warning! 8.3 programs will only see first occurance of file!

Last time I looked at the DOS calls, they dealt ONLY with an ASCIIZ string.
Where is the 8.3 bottleneck?

> programs would use the 'normal' interrupts and get 8.3 names in return,
> hence the option of hooking the interrupt with a TSR which would give you
> the chance on telling the OS which files you want to program to see.
> 
> much.clearer.now.hmm?
> 
> Sorry Yeep, I picked yours because it has my text in it. ;)
> 
>