To: caldera-opendos AT caldera DOT com Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 2 DOT 16 DOT 19970806200226 DOT 194780d0 AT acadiacom DOT net> Message-Id: From: "Arkady V.Belousov" Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:39:41 +0400 (MSD) Organization: Locus Reply-To: ark AT mos DOT ru Subject: Re: LFN's... MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk X-Comment-To: Jonathan Roberts Hi! 6-Авг-97 20:02 jonathan AT acadiacom DOT net (Jonathan Roberts) wrote to caldera-opendos AT caldera DOT com: > Has anyone else noticed the problems that still exist with the LFN > implementation? I have noticed that if you copy a normal 8.3 file to > another DIR, it sometimes gets truncated to a filename with ~1 instead of > staying as it should. Also, the LFN that matches with a SFN gets scrambled > sometimes after deleting another file or DIR. The problem with the LFN/SFN > mixmatch is fixed after running DISKOPT. Anyway, that's all I've found so > far. This is not a Caldera trouble - this is Miscrosoft infinity wisdom leak or evil strategy, headed to push out competitors through incompatabilities. Best way up to now I found is to use DOSLFNBK utility to backup all LFNs periodicaly and restore them when required - for example, after Norton SpeedDisk or after copying directory hierarchy through network. Turn attention - native M$'s LFNBAK requires for itself GUI! Despite of GUI dependance from LFN. Sucks. -- Best regards! Sincerely yours, Хемуль Советикус. Утомлённый чаем любитель сладкого, в девичестве Бильбо Ленивчатый.