>I have some CDs that were burned on OS X that I'm accessing from Mac Classic. >Some of the files on the CD have excedingly long names such that I can't copy >those files over to my harddrive. I was wondering if y'all could think of >any >way (via MacPerl?) to copy the files over with shortened names? > >~wren
If you happen to have DAVE from Thursby Software(*), the DAVE application can browse local volumes, view long filenames and copy files. You don't even have to be attached to a Windows network to use this functionality (DAVE's normal function). From the File menu, choose the Browse submenu, then choose Local Computer (or Cmd-K). I'm not certain what other programs let you do that, but there are probably some. Photoshop 7 has a Browser that will let you browse such a volume but I don't think it does copying. Retrospect will use long filenames, but it seems like a long way round to 'backup' the CD then 'restore' to your HD. Why can't you copy the files with the Finder? It won't view the files _properly_ but it should view (and copy) them after a fashion. The names get munged so they end with a # and the file id at the end. Of course, if the Finder can't even see these files, maybe DAVE can't either... -Randy (*) I work for Thursby. ############################################################## # Thursby Software Systems, Inc. # # # # Randy Boring Network Engineer # # 5840 W. Interstate 20 Suite 100 Arlington, Texas 76017 # # Phone: 817-478-5070 Fax: 817-561-2313 # # email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.thursby.com # # # ##############################################################
