munged 8.3 filenames --> RE:Re: M$ to license FAT

[dan braun]

Hi Guys,

Type in c:\dir /x under Win2k and get the 8.3 munged filename!!

Dan

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Aitken
Taavi Burns wrote:


It's moot, but I think it was the Windows 95 version of DOS, which
stored
long filenames with the 8.3 convention. So whateverfile.txt is stored in
W95 DOS as whatev~1.txt

Chris




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