From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DJ Delorie 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 Message-ID: <199903142325.SAA29162@envy.delorie.com> References: <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00043.html Message-ID: <19990314152500.Xw1rtYgEH4fi72bNOGUFwAp6NvgFBMfjmmX4nSzoL2I@z> 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?