Quoting Pablo Manalastas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If an existing msdos/windows directory (not NTFS) is mounted as fstype > msdos, then the filenames are munged to 8.3. If the same > msdos/windows directory is mounted as fstype vfat, the the long > filenames are used. So the long names are already stored somewhere in > vfat filesystem.
They're stored as additional directory entries bearing the "volume label" flag. I discovered this appalling kludge in 1995, after fruitlessly trying to find it in the official Microsoft documentation, and wrote about it in my monthly editorial for the San Francisco PC Users Group: http://linuxmafia.com/pub/hardware/win95-bn.txt (grep for "MORE ON THE FILE SYSTEM") Follow-up comments on _why_ this is so broken a solution: http://linuxmafia.com/pub/hardware/bluenotes-editorial-1996-08 -- Cheers, Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done. Rick Moen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
