>VFAT, FAT32 (actually using VFAT), HPFS, NTFS etx2, yeah, only FAT has a
>small limitation, the MAC has 32 or something like that for the names.
>VFAT can't have 254 chars in a file name, the directory length can only be 254
>But *all* computer systems can read FAT, so it's the most usefull for the
>information exchange. Naming conversions should therefor always be 8.3 in
>size.
Nope. There's one rather old UNIX (or was it VMS? It's in the Jargon File
somewhere) that only supported 6 character filenames. So 8.3 was actually an
improvement.
Regards, Home page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8786
Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866 JGSD e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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