From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Alexander To: gdb-patches@cygnus.com, robert.hoehne@gmx.net Cc: dj@delorie.com Subject: Re: Filename change to fit the "only one dot" limitation on DOS Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990314153048.B1050@cygnus.com> References: <199903142206.OAA18443@cygnus.com> <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-q1/msg00098.html On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 03:14:24PM -0800, Stan Shebs wrote: > Just out of curiosity, > why isn't it a problem that the generated filenames are longer than 8 chars? DOS allows long names; it silently truncates everything after 8.3. What's left of the filename after this truncation has to be unique and not have "illegal" characters. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Alexander To: gdb-patches@cygnus.com, robert.hoehne@gmx.net Cc: dj@delorie.com Subject: Re: Filename change to fit the "only one dot" limitation on DOS Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:31:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990314153048.B1050@cygnus.com> References: <199903142206.OAA18443@cygnus.com> <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> <199903142314.PAA09806@andros.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00044.html Message-ID: <19990314153100.z4haxqs8d8g5oH8vrUMsyiGbf8EpkPaNlduPdgMGhZA@z> On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 03:14:24PM -0800, Stan Shebs wrote: > Just out of curiosity, > why isn't it a problem that the generated filenames are longer than 8 chars? DOS allows long names; it silently truncates everything after 8.3. What's left of the filename after this truncation has to be unique and not have "illegal" characters.