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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:16:27 +0100
From:      Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Dennis B <dcswest@about.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: filename length minimums for zip disks? 
Message-ID:   <200104232116.aa41071@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:34:15 PDT." <025C3BE560835D115A3600807CFD9B59@dcswest.about.com> 

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In message <025C3BE560835D115A3600807CFD9B59@dcswest.about.com>, Dennis B write
s:
>filenames.  The "cp" command's currently
>preserving only the first eight characters plus
>any "extensions!"  Wondering if it's possible to
>do without reformatting zip disks to "ufs..."

Try using mount_msdos's "-l" or "longnames" option, which forces
long file names to be enabled. Depending on what commands you
normally use to mount the zip disk, you may need to add "-o longnames"
to the command line, or change the options field in /etc/fstab to
something like "rw,longnames". "man mount_msdos" for further details.

Ian

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