In my opinion, the only advantage is that long file names are more descriptive than 8.3 but that being said, I'm old and used to coming up with short but descriptive names, so I'm not really bothered one way or the other.
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 13:09 Joseph Norton, <joseph.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi listers: > > > > I’m just curious about how you all feel about the use of lfn in FreeDOS > (or any real DOS). > > > > I notice that the lfn option is rem’d out in the fdauto.bat file by > default, so it would appear that, while support seems to be there, the > feelings of the developers are leaning toward not using it unless it’s > necessary. > > > > If I remember correctly, there are at least 2 DOS tsr’s that deal with > enabling long filename support. > > > > I’m curious about what your feelings about lfn are. Do you keep lfn > turned on, or off? If so, why? > > > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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