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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:40:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Man <97sa700a@utmjb.utm.my>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, man@cpm.com.my
Subject:   Re: ms-dos filenames truncated
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970327123955.354i-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33393734.3E3E@utmjb.utm.my>

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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Man wrote:

> question from freebie:
> 
> My IDE hdisk has been partitioned into 2, 1st partition installed with
> Windows95 and the 2nd with FreeBSD 2.1.7 + X-Windows. Partition with
> Windows95 successfully mounted as /dos.
> 
> I do have some files which have long filenames in Windows95. Right now,
> if I'm in FreeBSD (/dos) I cannot get those long filenames. It been
> truncated. Is there a way so the long filenames in Windows95 appear the
> same if I list it in FreeBSD?

The Msdosfs does not support Win95 long filenames at current.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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