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DOS Filenames (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 27.07.2010, 17:05

> > My personal preference is no "dot" extension in directory names.
>
> I use extension for dirs to utilize up to 11 chars and never had a problem
> with it :)

There are some programs which don't expect such and are buggy. Caveat emptor.

BTW, you don't have to stick to 8.3 if your compressor can handle LFNs. Most unpackers should unpack them to 8.3. It's just more important to keep the first 8.3 distinct to avoid clashes. You can use DOSCHK (srcs) for that.

Complete thread:

• DOS Filenames - w3a537, 27.07.2010, 07:03 (Users)
  • DOS Filenames - RayeR, 27.07.2010, 16:36
    • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 27.07.2010, 17:05
      • DOS Filenames - RayeR, 30.07.2010, 00:14
  • DOS Filenames - bretjohn, 27.07.2010, 22:09
    • DOS Filenames - Arjay, 27.07.2010, 22:47
      • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 28.07.2010, 06:10
    • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 28.07.2010, 06:07
      • DOS Filenames - DOS386, 28.07.2010, 06:20
        • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 28.07.2010, 07:54
          • DOS Filenames - ron, 28.07.2010, 08:46
            • DOS Filenames - DOS386, 29.07.2010, 05:42
              • DOS Filenames - Japheth, 29.07.2010, 07:28
                • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 29.07.2010, 08:22
                  • DOS Filenames - Japheth, 29.07.2010, 08:52
                    • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 30.07.2010, 05:30
                • DOS Filenames - DOS386, 30.07.2010, 06:10
                  • DOS Filenames - Japheth, 30.07.2010, 07:23
                    • DOS Filenames for Steve - DOS386, 30.07.2010, 07:46
                      • DOS Filenames for Steve - w3a537, 31.07.2010, 05:25
                        • DOS Filenames for Steve - DOS386, 31.07.2010, 07:49
                          • DOS Filenames for Steve - Rugxulo, 31.07.2010, 13:13
                            • DOS Filenames for Steve - DOS386, 31.07.2010, 13:29
                            • DOS Filenames for Steve - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 00:55
                          • DOS Filenames for Steve - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 00:36
                    • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 30.07.2010, 15:16
                    • DOS Filenames - RayeR, 30.07.2010, 21:00
                      • DOS Filenames - Japheth, 31.07.2010, 07:06
                    • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 31.07.2010, 05:23
                • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 31.07.2010, 05:12
              • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 31.07.2010, 05:08
                • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 31.07.2010, 05:51
                  • DOS Filenames - Khusraw, 31.07.2010, 08:05
                    • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 31.07.2010, 13:08
                      • DOS Filenames - Khusraw, 31.07.2010, 13:39
                      • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 01:07
                • DOS Filenames - Rugxulo, 31.07.2010, 13:04
                  • DOS Filenames - Japheth, 31.07.2010, 13:44
                    • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 01:32
                  • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 01:27
                    • DOS Filenames - Arjay, 01.08.2010, 11:40
                      • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 01.08.2010, 23:05
                        • Filewatcher (DOS Filenames) - Arjay, 02.08.2010, 08:43
                • DOS Filenames - mht, 02.08.2010, 07:51
                  • DOS Filenames - w3a537, 02.08.2010, 21:47
                    • DOS Filenames - mht, 03.08.2010, 06:57
  • DOS Filenames | NTLFN crap - DOS386, 28.07.2010, 03:41
    • DOS Filenames | NTLFN crap - w3a537, 28.07.2010, 06:29