On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 at 22:21:16, Robert Newson wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Robert Newson wrote: > >... > >Obviously I can't count...program is 7 characters... ... but where there are 10 up to 99, it takes the first 5 characters, which can make an 8.3 listing damn difficult to read. Happened with me - micro~11 What happens to VFAT with more than 999999 files in a directory, all beginning with the same letter and over 8 character names? It falls over I assume. http://worldnews.com have a directory structure with maybe 35 million files, all starting with the same letter (the article store)! Linux copes admirably of course. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
