The first PC word processor that I used, the Leading Edge Word Processor (LEWP) that came with the first PC I bought, the Leading Edge Model D (~1986) used long file names and the same technique that M$ uses, the alias file. The only difference between M$'s LFN and LEWP's LFN is that BG puts a tilde before the number, whereas LEWP had no special character between the number and the truncated file name.
It seems to me that M$'s LFN is a hoax --- it looks at the LFN, goes to the alias file and finds what 8.3 file name really is used to access the file. If you go to the DOS screen in Windoze and want to go to the "Program Files" folder, you have to "CD PROGRA~1" and the same with other folders/files, eliminating spaces and truncating the LFN to 8.3. Holiday greetings to all around the world. Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona Glenn McC and Ray Andrews wrote: . > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:14:02 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote: . > > Hi Michal, . > > Thanks for the info on DRFAT32 and freeDOS. . > > It looks to me like you've bagged the "\\" bug once and for all. . > > With Clarence incomunicado, I vote for you as our new official ASM guru. . > >> Long filenames are not supported, because Micros**t has some patent . > >> on it. . > > Then what about that ever-so-useful suite of LFN compatible DOS . > utilities > (LCOPY.EXE, LDIR.EXE, ... etc.)? Would Bill make the earth . > shake in his > wrath if he knew about them? . > Hmmm, . > And not to mention... LFNDOS by Chris Jones. ;-) . > -- . > Glenn