From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 22:02:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFE016A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 22:02:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F36143D53 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 22:02:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i4M52aij098781; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:02:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:02:36 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Stephen Liu Message-ID: <20040522050236.GB72502@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040522044655.33804.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040522044655.33804.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long filename question on burning CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 05:02:37 -0000 In the last episode (May 22), Stephen Liu said: > Most filenames saved exceed 8 characters. After burning on CD they > can be read comfortable on the same OS as well as other Lunux/Unix > boxes. The problem comes while reading the same CD on Window > Explorer, XP, ME, etc. The filename can't read clearly because all of > them changed to 8 character max, such as ~01, ~02, etc. Is there any > solution on burning CD allowing the long filename (exceeding 8 > characters) can be read clearly on Windows identical to their name > read on Linux/Unix Make sure you pass the flags -J and -r to mkisofs; they enable the Joliet and Rock Ridge extensions, which will attach Windows and Unix filenames to each entry in the ISO image. See the mkisofs manpage for more info. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com