From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
To: shebs@cygnus.com
Cc: robert.hoehne@gmx.net, gdb-patches@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Filename change to fit the "only one dot" limitation on DOS
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:25:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903142325.SAA29162@envy.delorie.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990314152500.Xw1rtYgEH4fi72bNOGUFwAp6NvgFBMfjmmX4nSzoL2I@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com>
No, the problem is when files *clash* when reduced to 8.3 filenames.
Otherwise, you can use longer names, but the fs won't store them.
Just like Windows is case insensitive, FAT is lfn-insensitive. It
simply ignores characters beyond the 8.3 limits.
Under Win95, however the full long file names are preserved.
> This seems reasonable, although '-' is more standard for GDB source files
> than '_', and I would install the patch that way. Just out of curiosity,
> why isn't it a problem that the generated filenames are longer than 8 chars?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-14 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-01 0:00 Robert Hoehne
1999-03-14 14:41 ` Robert Hoehne
1999-03-14 15:14 ` Stan Shebs
1999-04-01 0:00 ` DJ Delorie [this message]
1999-03-14 15:25 ` DJ Delorie
1999-04-01 0:00 ` Mark Alexander
1999-03-14 15:31 ` Mark Alexander
1999-04-01 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1999-04-01 0:00 ` Andrew Cagney
1999-03-14 16:08 ` Andrew Cagney
1999-04-01 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1999-03-14 17:30 ` Stan Shebs
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