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Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
Message-ID: <19970216.122945.8487.0.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:27:25 EST
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:54:35 -0600 (CST) "Colin W. Glenn"
<cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org> writes:
>On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
>> > > >     
>\Extended_Filesystem_Number_2.Dynamically_Loaded_Driver_Module
>> > > > This _jams_!!, by utilizing the algorithm I proposed of using 
>the first
>> > > What if I allready have a file called EXTEFN~2.DLD in that
>> It would be something like EXTEN#KR.001 or something close.  If a
>> What ever method that gets implemented, it should be totally
>> transparent to the user (not ask questions) and it should be
>
>Ok, that's close enough, but I don't like the extension handling, I'd
>prefer somemeans to identify the type of file it is.  Also, we could
>modify my idea so that a really strange character is use, ie one you 
>would
>never use in a regular filename but would serve as an indicator to the
>user that namebashing had occured and the entry would of matched an
>existing filename otherwise.  Maybe an upper ASCII character?
A trick to use spaces in filenames, use ASCII-char 255.  This is a blank
char (which is why it is used instead of a space).  However, this char
could also work as a flag to indicate name hashing.

...Chambers

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