Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 22:12:31 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, MORRIS JP wrote:

> > > > > 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?

An ASCIIZ string is not the problem, it trying to hash out a better means
for hashing a Long File Name into a 8.3 file name.