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* Some long filenames do work on NT4.0 !!! *
Hi, I am quite stunned and relieved to report the following. I ran some code which gets a directory listing and then processes each file in the directory. I accidentally left some files with their old UNIX names (7.2.2 format) without converting them to a "proper 8.3" format. Well the short story is that it worked! The files were opened with the 7.2.2 form (confirmed with a help,/files call) and everything work perfectly. The file names are the full 7.2.2 form and not the screwy NT xxxxx~nn.yyy garbage I half expected to see. Now I do not have to rename those 250 files (such a pain under windows) every time I FTP a new version over from the UNIX box. My questions are these: Does this work for anyone else? Why does this work at all? When is V5.0 comming out :-)? Thanks, Z -- Work: Dr. Joseph M. Zawodny Play: Joe Zawodny NASA Langley Research Center KO4LW@amsat.org E-mail: J.M.Zawodny@LaRC.NASA.gov zawodny@exis.net (757) 864-2681 (757) 864-2671 FAX http://wwwp.exis.net/~zawodny